Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
nonwoody \nonwoody\ adj.
not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood; as, nonwoody
plants. Opposite of woody. [Narrower terms: herbaceous;
pulpy, fleshy]
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Herbaceous \Her*ba"ceous\, a. [L. herbaceus grassy. See Herb.]
Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or
characteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an
herbaceous stem.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
herbaceous
adj 1: characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "herbaceous":
botanic, bulbous, cereal, farinaceous, fruitlike, fruity, herbal,
herbose, herbous, herby, leguminose, leguminous, plantlike,
radicated, radiciform, radicular, rhizoid, rootlike, tuberous,
vegetable, vegetal, vegetarian, vegetational, vegetative, weedy