forb

American

[fawrb] / fɔrb /

noun

any herb that is not a grass or grasslike.

forb British

/ fɔːb /

noun

any herbaceous plant that is not a grass

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forb Scientific

/ fôrb /

A broad-leaved herb (as opposed to a grass), especially one growing in a field, prairie, or meadow.

Etymology

Origin of forb

1920–25; < Greek phorbḗ food, fodder, derivative of phérbein to feed; akin to Old English beorgan, birgan to taste, eat, Old Norse bergja to taste

Example Sentences

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Six more acres followed the next year, seeded with grass and forb suited to the microclimates within the site, and there have been several more such planting projects since.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2019

If you're forb sub paper, I cad't see you now.

From The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England A Tale of the Great Invasion by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

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