herbaceous

Example Sentences

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An herbaceous groundcover that dies back completely in winter, the plant increases quickly by shallow rhizomes.

From Seattle Times

The twining herbaceous perennial vine is a host plant for the silver-spotted skipper butterfly, and produces flowers in rosy shades, with a shape that reveals the plant’s membership in the pea family.

From Seattle Times

It made sense only when it fully dawned on me that day lilies are herbaceous perennials, and true lilies grow from a bulb.

From Seattle Times

I remember one year when I took all the care in the world with my cutting garden, specifically my herbaceous peonies.

From Washington Post

An herbaceous, vegetal smell fills the bathrooms at Horses, a high-end bistro in Los Angeles.

From New York Times