forb

[ fawrb ]

noun

1. any herb that is not a grass or grasslike.

forb

/ fɔːb /

noun

1. any herbaceous plant that is not a grass

forb

/ fôrb /

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of forb¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of forb¹

C20: from Greek phorbē food, from pherbein to graze

Example Sentences

The pond was built as a water retention basin to slow runoff from the campus, explained Beach Davis, but it is also a centerpiece to greenspace that includes a 15-acre tallgrass prairie, a 4-acre forb prairie, wetlands, a birdhouse trail and Heartland Gardens.

From Washington Times

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

Dmitry A. Dokuchaev, a Russian intelligence officer who was one of the two agents who allegedly directed the Yahoo attack, was once known by the hacker nickname Forb and had specialized in purloining credit card numbers, writes Andrew E. Kramer, a Moscow correspondent for The New York Times.

From New York Times

Until at least 2011, Mr. Dokuchaev was an editor of a Russian magazine titled Hacker, and he edited a section known as “Breaking In” under the byline Dmitry “Forb” Dokuchaev.

From New York Times

By his own account, he once went by the hacker nickname Forb.

From New York Times