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A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | © A Dictionary of Ecology 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

herb A small, non-woody, seed-bearing plant in which all the aerial parts die back at the end of each growing season. Compare shrub; subshrub; and tree.

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