The cutting should be young, healthy, non-woody growth.    From Wordnik.com.  [5. How plants live and grow] Reference

A herbaceous plant is one with a non-woody stem, as geraniums.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference

A medicinal herb may be a shrub or other woody plant, whereas a culinary herb is a non-woody plant.    From Wordnik.com.  [What I cooked last night.] Reference

This change, in the case of non-woody plants such as cabbage or wheat, is spoken of as "hardening off.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference

Wildflowers, smaller ornamental grasses and non-woody perennials are fine to plant over a septic system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perfect plants to place over septic systems] Reference

High yields are also feasible with herbaceous (non-woody) crops where the agroecological conditions are suitable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 10] Reference

Although plant diversity and biogeography are poorly known, tree species diversity tends to be low, but the diversity of non-woody plants such as grasses is high.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cameroonian Highlands forests] Reference

If I said it was softly floral, slightly bitter, almost medicinal at times and smoky in an odd, non-woody sort of way, would it give you any idea of what it was like?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference

It is a well-known fact that many kinds of non-woody as well as many woody plants develop hardiness or cold resistance on exposure to very gradually falling temperatures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference

My biggest surprise in non-woody evergreens is Nigella–they reseed themselves and have foliage up no flowers in fall and their leaves remain evergreen all winter, even in my zone.    From Wordnik.com.  [December Foliage « Fairegarden] Reference

Most dictate that trees be free of any non-woody materials.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freep.com - RSS] Reference

They build covered runways (mudtubes) over exposed surfaces or non-woody materials.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Many rare species of plants grow only on serpentines, including special trees, shrubs, and non-woody plants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discover Blogs] Reference

It is the tender foliage and non-woody top parts of the plant that are used, either fresh or dried, as seasoning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Article Source] Reference

The following items will not be accepted: Finished lumber, non-woody material, grass clippings, sod and root balls.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Denver Post YourHub.com Stories] Reference

The forest floor is so rich in biomass consisting of wildlings of both woody and non-woody plants and forest debris.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brudirect News1] Reference

Scrape manure collection and organic, non-woody bedding types (compost, straw, hulls, etc) are preferred for biogas development.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Herbaceous plants have evolved to die back in the dormant season to protect themselves against cold, although the roots remain alive and healthy, throwing up new, non-woody growth in the spring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

The word perennial, among gardeners, usually refers to an herbaceous (non-woody) flowering plant - that is, one whose roots live year after year but whose top dies down to the ground each winter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Durangoherald.com] Reference

Perennials like this delphinium, among gardeners, usually refers to an herbaceous (non-woody) flowering plant - that is, one whose roots live year after year but whose top dies down to the ground each winter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Durangoherald.com] Reference

You want me to believe this plant got compressed flat like a pancake, had the glacier recede and expose it for what would likely be decades if not hundreds of years, then this herbaceous non-woody plant survives the elements for years on end intact but no new ones grow in its place for some reason, then it gets recovered by the glaciers a second time WITHOUT getting bulldozed down the hill into a moraine and uncovered again still rooted in place and is the only plant around because all the newer plants got bull dozed away but yeah they were growing there..probably…based on your hunch..99% likely but they just all got washed away while the 5,000 year old plants survived two coverings and one bulldozing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quelccaya Plant Deposits Again « Climate Audit] Reference

All non-woody plants are buried.    From Wordnik.com.  [Volcanic Ash—Effects on Agriculture and Mitigation Strategies] Reference

1) It must be a non-woody annual with vigorous growth.    From Wordnik.com.  [28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture] Reference

20th century), but as relatively non-woody "pre-trees" that could outcompete ancient plants like conifers.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference