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Audio Help [fawrb] Pronunciation Key –noun
| any herb that is not a grass or grasslike. |
[Origin: 1920–25; < Gk phorb
food, fodder, deriv. of phérbein to feed; akin to OE beorgan, birgan to taste, eat, ON bergja to taste
]
food, fodder, deriv. of phérbein to feed; akin to OE beorgan, birgan to taste, eat, ON bergja to taste
] | Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
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n. A broad-leaved herb other than a grass, especially one growing in a field, prairie, or meadow. [From Greek phorbē, fodder, from pherbein, to graze.] |
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A broad-leaved herb (as opposed to a grass), especially one growing in a field, prairie, or meadow. |
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