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- Herbaceous - a. - Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceous stem.
- Verbena - n. - A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.
- Euphorbia - n. - Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.
- Belladonna - n. - An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade.
- Bistort - n. - An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section Bistorta; snakeweed; adderwort. Its root is used in medicine as an astringent.
- Figwort - n. - A genus of herbaceous plants (Scrophularia), mostly found in the north temperate zones. See Brownwort.
- Dicentra - n. - A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis).
- Calceolaria - n. - A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plants, brought from South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower, often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name.
- Linum - n. - A genus of herbaceous plants including the flax (Linum usitatissimum).
- Glycyrrhiza - n. - A genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one species of which (G. glabra), is the licorice plant, the roots of which have a bittersweet mucilaginous taste.
- Arrow grass - n. - An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.
- Meadowwort - n. - The name of several plants of the genus Spiraea, especially the white- or pink-flowered S. salicifolia, a low European and American shrub, and the herbaceous S. Ulmaria, which has fragrant white flowers in compound cymes.
- Gentian - n. - Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See Illust. of Capsule.
- Barrenwort - n. - An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific.
- Caulis - n. - An herbaceous or woody stem which bears leaves, and may bear flowers.
- Primulaceous - a. - Of or pertaining to an order of herbaceous plants (Primulaceae), of which the primrose is the type, and the pimpernel, the cyclamen, and the water violet are other examples.
- Carex - n. - A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the order Cypreaceae; the sedges.
- Plumbago - n. - A genus of herbaceous plants with pretty salver-shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort.
- Woad - n. - An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis tinctoria). It was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves.
- Calendula - n. - A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species, Calendula officinalis, is the common marigold, and was supposed to blossom on the calends of every month, whence the name.
- Gloxinia - n. - American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist.
- Palma Christi - - A plant (Ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; -- called also castor-oil plant.
- Birthroot - n. - An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.
- Herbaceous - a. - Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceous stem.
- Cardoon - n. - A large herbaceous plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to the artichoke; -- used in cookery and as a salad.
- Phytolacca - n. - A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed.