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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2015-11-04 07:44 am

forb

forb (FORB) - n., any herbaceous plant that is not a grass.


Especially one growing in a meadow, field, or prairie -- all the non-woody broadleaves. The term comes up primarily in ecology, but its ultimate root (ancient Greek phorbē, fodder, from pherbein, to graze) shows its agricultural importance.

---L.

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