herbage

Etymology

From Middle English herbage, from Old French erbage, from Early Medieval Latin herbāticum, from Latin herba (“grass”). By surface analysis, herb + -age.

noun

1. Herbs collectively.
2. Herbaceous plant growth, especially grass.
   I threw myself upon my face, and clung to the scant herbage in an excess of nervous agitation. 1841, Edgar Allan Poe, A Descent into the Maelström
   The dank breath of herbage, sodden with rain, came to her; the mists were barely visible, hovering above the dark ravines. 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 97
3. The fleshy, often edible, parts of plants.
4. (law) The natural pasture of a land, considered as distinct from the land itself; hence, right of pasture (on another man's land).