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Forb

Any non-woody flowering plant that is not a graminoid (a grass, sedge, or rush).

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Any non-woody flowering plant that is not a graminoid (a grass, sedge, or rush).

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grassesnoun	(countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
herbs	a New Zealand reggae group founded in 1979 and led by singer-guitarist Dilworth Karaka, the only constant member.
paleoherbnoun	(botany) A flowering plant which is neither a eudicot nor a monocot.
herbnoun	(countable) Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food.
herbfieldnoun	(ecology) A plant community dominated by herbaceous plants, especially forbs and grasses.
treenoun	A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.
graminoidnoun	A plant with elongate leaves and minute flowers, such as a grass, sedge or rush.
fieldwortnoun	(botany) gentian
fiorinnoun	(botany) creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera).
wildflowernoun	A wild (uncultivated) flowering plant.
weednoun	(uncountable, informal, originally slang) Cannabis.
flowernoun	A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.
more	To a greater degree or extent.
grassnoun	(countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
wildingnoun	(US, criminology, sociology) A form of youth violence characterized by a group of young people committing violent acts randomly and without specific targets.
heathwortnoun	Any ericaceous plant.
greenfoddernoun	animal fodder made from grass or other green plants
bishopnoun	(Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.
stovernoun	Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
cottongrassnoun	Various species of plants of genus Eriophorum in the sedge family