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☆ forb (fôrb)

noun

a broad-leaved herbaceous plant, as distinguished from the grasses, sedges, shrubs, and trees

Etymology: Gr phorbē, fodder < pherbein, to feed, graze

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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