scanty herbage

  • 1herb|age — «UR bihj, HUR », noun. 1. herbs or grass; low growing plants covering a large extent of ground. Cows graze on herbage in a pasture. »Chalk hills covered with a scanty herbage (Sir Benjamin Brodie). 2. the green leaves and soft stems of plants.… …

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  • 5Llano Estacado — (Sp. IPA|/ˈʎano ˌestəˈkado/, [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/palisade Palisaded] Plains ) is a region in the southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas, including the South Plains and parts of… …

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  • 6Outer Hebrides — see HEBRIDES, WESTERN ISLES * * * ▪ islands, Scotland, United Kingdom       islands in Scotland, off the northwestern coast of the Scottish mainland. They constitute the Western Isles council area. Lewis, the northern …

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  • 7HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… …

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