Forb
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Forb is a noun meaning (chiefly ecology) Any nonwoody flowering plant that is not a graminoid (a grass, sedge, or rush).
Meaning
(chiefly ecology) Any nonwoody flowering plant that is not a graminoid (a grass, sedge, or rush).
Example Sentences
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).
Word Forms
- forbs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include grasses, herbs, paleoherb, herb, herbfield, tree.
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