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–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]
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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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