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<p>A forb or phorb is a <a href="/facts/Herbaceous/u6myDhE2">herbaceous</a> <a href="/facts/Flowering_plant/E5eGYIvY">flowering plant</a> that is not a <a href="/facts/Graminoid/UsR1g55c">graminoid</a> (<a href="/facts/Poaceae/q2CRK8q0">grass</a>, <a href="/facts/Cyperaceae/A1oI2H0U">sedge</a>, or <a href="/facts/Juncaceae/Bvazt2mt">rush</a>). The term is used in <a href="/facts/Botany/PaIRoxnb">botany</a> and in vegetation <a href="/facts/Ecology/YE8upuJU">ecology</a> especially in relation to <a href="/facts/Grassland/T4P1kqT0">grasslands</a> and <a href="/facts/Understory/puAvRYaf">understory</a>. Typically, these are <a href="/facts/Eudicots/exlS0I93">eudicots</a> without woody stems. </p>