herbaceous plant
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If the wasps had been nectaring on flowers like sumac or goldenrod, their most-visited woody and herbaceous plant choices, they would have paid us no mind, Holm is quick to point out.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2022
Banana, ba-n�′na, n. a gigantic herbaceous plant, remarkable for its nutritious fruit.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
This is a hardy herbaceous plant, of great beauty.
From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by Wood, John
The banana is a herbaceous plant, and after fruiting its top dies; but it annually sprouts up again fresh from the roots.
From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray
The banana is an herbaceous plant, without any woody matter: the trunk of each is formed of leaves placed one above the other.
From Adventures in the Philippine Islands by La Gironière, Paul P. de
