herbage

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,...
3. The fleshy, often edible, parts of plants.
4. The natural pasture of a land, considered as distinct from the land itself; hence, right of pasture (on another man's land).