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Herb vs Forb - What's the difference?

herb | forb |

As nouns the difference between herb and forb

is that herb is any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavor or season food while forb is any non-woody flowering plant that is not a grass.

As a proper noun Herb

is a diminutive=Herbert given name.

herb

English

(wikipedia herb)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavor or season food.
  • Plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine.
  • (slang, euphemistic) Marijuana.
  • (botany) A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season
  • (obsolete) Grass; herbage.
  • * Milton
    • flocks grazing the tender herb

    Synonyms

    * (marijuana) grass, weed

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * arbor * herbaceous * herbage * herbal * herbarium * herbicidal * herbicide * herbivore * herbivorous * herbed up

    Anagrams

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    forb

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, ecology) Any non-woody flowering plant that is not a grass.