An annual herb or a herb with annual stems from a perennial root;
With the texture of a herb, soft and pliable or a plant with non-woody structures.
Adjectival form of herb; also, leaflike in color or texture, or not woody.
Herb-like; often applied to bracts, bracteoles or floral parts that are green and soft in texture.
Plant that dies down at the end of the growing season.
Having the characteristics of an herb (not woody). Nonwoody.
A plant that does not develop woody tissue. Some tropical herbs develop woody lower stems or become somewhat shrublike. There is no sharp division between woody and herbaceous plants, but herbaceous plants usually die back to the ground at the end of the growing season. Tropical herbs sometimes die back after fruiting and then resprout from the rootstock.
Refers to a plant that lacks a persistent, woody stem.
A perennial plant which dies down to the ground each year; a herbaceous border is a planting composed entirely of such plants, for example delphiniums and chrysanthemums.
Having the character of an herb, which is a plant lacking persistent woody parts above the ground.
Referring to any nonwoody plant, herb.
In botany, the adjective describing herbs. But among gardeners it is used for perennial plants which die down to the ground each year, for example, delphiniums; a herbaceous border is a planting composed entirely of such plants.