herbaceous vs verdant

herbaceous

adj
  • Not woody in flavor. 

  • Not woody, lacking lignified tissues. 

verdant

adj
  • Fresh. 

  • Abundant in verdure; lush with vegetation. 

  • Green in colour. 

  • Inexperienced. 

How often have the words herbaceous and verdant occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )