herbaceous plant
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If the wasps had been nectaring on flowers like sumac or goldenrod, their most-visited woody and herbaceous plant choices, they would have paid us no mind, Holm is quick to point out.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2022
Sesame, ses′a-mē, n. an annual herbaceous plant of Southern Asia, whose seed yields the valuable gingili-oil.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Its full size is not attained until the second year, when it is "truly a gigantic herbaceous plant," of five or six feet in height.
From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Burr, Fearing
Solanace�, an herbaceous plant, from 1 foot to 18 inches high, with large white or purplish flowers.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
Indeed, any low-growing herbaceous plant, susceptible of minute division, is suitable for an edging.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
