herb: “a plant without woody aboveground parts that dies back to the ground in winter”
herbaceous: “herb-like”
— Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians
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herb: “a plant without woody aboveground parts that dies back to the ground in winter”
herbaceous: “herb-like”
— Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians