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herbaceous plant

noun as in vegetable

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The banana is a herbaceous plant, and after fruiting its top dies; but it annually sprouts up again fresh from the roots.

True ginger must not be confounded with "wild ginger," which is a small herbaceous plant (Asarum canadense) of the United States.

His list includes several species which are not native, and his water willow (Dianthera americana) is an herbaceous plant.

It is an herbaceous plant, the root of which is so commonly known that its description would be useless.

It is a herbaceous plant, with a rhizome and short, fleshy roots, rather like a bunch of brownish-white fingers.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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