Word Explorer
Forbs
Any non-woody flowering plant that is not a graminoid (a grass, sedge, or rush).
📖 Definitions of "Forbs"
noun
- 1
Any non-woody flowering plant that is not a graminoid (a grass, sedge, or rush).
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Forbs"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| forbnoun | (chiefly ecology) Any nonwoody flowering plant that is not a graminoid (a grass, sedge, or rush). |
| bunchgrassnoun | Any of various grasses of the family Poaceae that grow in clumps rather than forming a sod or mat. |
| vegetationnoun | (uncountable) Plants, taken collectively. |
| herbagenoun | Herbs collectively. |
| smartweednoun | Any of a number of plants in the genus Persicaria (formerly Polygonum). |
| foragenoun | An act or instance of foraging. |
| downy bromenoun | annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the mediterranean |
| cheatgrassnoun | Bromus tectorum, drooping brome, native to Europe, thought to create an ecology prone to annual fires in many US areas |
| bromegrassnoun | Any of various North American grasses, of the genus Bromus, that are used for forage. |
| bitterbrushnoun | Any member of the genus Purshia of flowering shrubs, native to western North America. |
| understorynoun | (ecology, also attributively) The (layer of) plants that grow in the shade of the canopy of a forest above the forest floor. |
| lespedezanoun | (botany) Any of many leguminous plants of the genus Lespedeza, including bush clover. |
| foxtail barleynoun | Hordeum jubatum, a perennial grass with attractive inflorescences. |
| conifersnoun | (botany) A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree. |
| beechnutsnoun | The small, triangular, edible nut of the beech tree. |
| sedgesnoun | Any plant of the family Cyperaceae. |
| wirewormsnoun | The larva of the click beetle. |
| webwormnoun | Any of various caterpillars, of diverse moth families, that spin a web; the moth species of such a caterpillar. |
🎨 Adjectives for "Forbs"
Popular adjectives used to describe this word in books.
📝 Common Phrases with "Forbs"
Translate “Forbs” into Another Language
Pick a language — the word will be pre-filled in the translator.