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forb  (fôrb)
n.
A broad-leaved herb other than a grass, especially one growing in a field, prairie, or meadow.
[From Greek phorb, fodder, from pherbein, to graze.]
forb  (fôrb)
A broad-leaved herb (as opposed to a grass), especially one growing in a field, prairie, or meadow.
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A typical modern midwestern deciduous woods has a canopy of veteran oaks, a dense understory of various shrub and forb species from throughout the world, and hardly a single young oak.
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