Meaning & use
herbaceous
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Relating to plants with soft, non-woody stems that typically die back at the end of the growing season.
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The garden's herbaceous border bursts with color every summer before dying back in autumn.
Unlike shrubs, herbaceous perennials lose their above-ground growth each winter and regrow from the roots.
A note on using this word
A key term in gardening and botany, used to distinguish soft-stemmed plants from woody trees and shrubs.
Words with a similar meaning
leafynon-woody
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Words with an opposite meaning
woody
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