herbaceous plant

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herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests herb veg, vegetable, veggie - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant barrenwort, bishop's hat, Epimedium grandiflorum - slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover mayapple, Podophyllum peltatum, wild mandrake, May apple - North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup - any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus Coptis groenlandica, Coptis trifolia groenlandica, golden thread, goldthread - low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers Eranthis hyemalis, winter aconite - small Old World perennial herb grown for its bright yellow flowers which appear in early spring often before snow is gone hepatica, liverleaf - any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions golden seal, goldenseal, Hydrastis Canadensis, turmeric root, yellow root - perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves false rue, false rue anemone, Isopyrum biternatum - slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers; resembles meadow rue giant buttercup, Laccopetalum giganteum - spectacular perennial native of wet montane grasslands of Peru; formerly included in genus Ranunculus false bugbane, Trautvetteria carolinensis - tall perennial of the eastern United States having large basal leaves and white summer flowers globe flower, globeflower - any of several plants of the genus Trollius having globose yellow flowers legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae clover, trefoil - a plant of the genus Trifolium Cape periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus, cayenne jasmine, Madagascar periwinkle, red periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Vinca rosea, periwinkle, old maid - commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers aroid, arum - any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe nin-sin, Panax ginseng, Panax pseudoginseng, Panax schinseng, ginseng - Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers American ginseng, Panax quinquefolius, sang - North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng wild ginger - low-growing perennial herb with pungent gingery leaves and rhizomes Asarum shuttleworthii, heart-leaf, heartleaf - wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves; West Virginia to Alabama caryophyllaceous plant - a plant of the family Caryophyllaceae clammy chickweed, mouse eared chickweed, mouse-ear chickweed, mouse ear, chickweed - any of various plants related to the common chickweed drypis - spiny-leaved perennial herb of southern Europe having terminal clusters of small flowers coral necklace, Illecebrum verticullatum - glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white flowers; western Europe especially western Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal areas chickweed - any of various plants of the genus Stellaria New Zealand spinach, Tetragonia expansa, Tetragonia tetragonioides - coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow flowers; cultivated for its edible young shoots and succulent leaves amaranth - any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food