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Definition of forb in English: forbnoun fɔːbfôrb Botany A herbaceous flowering plant other than a grass. Example sentencesExamples - Increases in annual or perennial forbs did not occur, contrary to prior studies of disturbances created by pocket gophers and other disturbance agents elsewhere.
- Species were classified according to their growth form; forbs include all herbaceous dicotyledonous species (including Fabaceae).
- They also eat leaves, shoots, roots, tubers, and seeds of most grasses and forbs, or broadleafed flowering plants.
- Fire exclusion has diminished natural pine reproduction as more fire-sensitive hardwoods, vines, briars, and forbs invade the understory.
- All of the foraging studies were limited to two classes of vegetation, grass and forbs.
Origin 1920s: from Greek phorbē 'fodder', from phorbein 'to feed'. Definition of forb in US English: forbnounfôrb Botany A herbaceous flowering plant other than a grass. Example sentencesExamples - All of the foraging studies were limited to two classes of vegetation, grass and forbs.
- They also eat leaves, shoots, roots, tubers, and seeds of most grasses and forbs, or broadleafed flowering plants.
- Fire exclusion has diminished natural pine reproduction as more fire-sensitive hardwoods, vines, briars, and forbs invade the understory.
- Increases in annual or perennial forbs did not occur, contrary to prior studies of disturbances created by pocket gophers and other disturbance agents elsewhere.
- Species were classified according to their growth form; forbs include all herbaceous dicotyledonous species (including Fabaceae).
Origin 1920s: from Greek phorbē ‘fodder’, from phorbein ‘to feed’. |