herbaceous
adjective/hɜrˈbeɪʃəs/
Frequency rank: #15,849 most common English word
Meaning
Relating to or denoting plants that have soft, non-woody stems and die down at the end of the growing season.
Example sentence
The garden was filled with herbaceous plants that died back to the ground each winter.
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