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Definition of forb

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noun

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

“So younger is better and the part nearest the roots is better, but what makes life possible for the pronghorn is a supply of forbs—small broadleaf plants growing among the grasses.”
“Common understory forbs included, but were not limited to, large-leaved aster, bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum), bluebead lily, species of clubmoss, Canada mayflower, and sweet coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus).”

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noun

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

“So younger is better and the part nearest the roots is better, but what makes life possible for the pronghorn is a supply of forbs—small broadleaf plants growing among the grasses.”
“Common understory forbs included, but were not limited to, large-leaved aster, bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum), bluebead lily, species of clubmoss, Canada mayflower, and sweet coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus).”
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of freedom of religion or belief.
(alt-of, uncountable)Alternative letter-case form of FORB.

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek φορβή (phorbḗ, “food”), from φέρβω (phérbō, “to feed”).

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