Lewis & Short

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herbōsus, a, um, adj. [herba-potens].

  1. I. Full of grass or herbs, grassy: campus, Hor. C. 3, 18, 9: Palatia, Tib. 2, 5, 25: Apidanus, Prop. 1, 3, 6: flumen, Verg. G. 2, 199: pascua, Ov. M. 2, 689: moretum, id. F. 4, 367: herbosissima stramenta, Cato, R. R. 54, 2.
  2. II. Grass-colored, grass-green (post-class.): marmor, Sid. Carm. 5, 38: calcei smaragdineae fluctu viriditatis, Mart. Cap. 1, § 66.