Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term
non-ligneux
| 4 +7 | non-ligneous |
Jean-Louis S.
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| 3 +1 | non woody |
Stéphanie Soudais
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Michele Fauble
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Sep 17, 2008 19:13: Michele Fauble changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Jan 7, 2009 20:54: Jean-Louis S. Created KOG entry
PRO (2): Stéphanie Soudais, Jean-Louis S.
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Native in: French (Variants: Standard-France, African) 
Works in: English to French, French to English, French
non-ligneous
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non woody
adjective
not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood [ant: woody]
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nonwoody
Référence bilingue :
These poor populations, who don't even have the essential, need these resources in order to combat disease and increase the incomes by the commercialisation of non woody forest products
Le développement durable passe nécessairement par la régénération à faible coût des ressources ligneuses dont les populations souvent démunies de l'essentiel ont besoin pour lutter contre les maladies et augmenter leurs revenus par la commercialisation de produits forestiers non ligneux.
http://www.vertigo.uqam.ca/vol7no2/art9vol7no2/frame_article...
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Native English
Native in: English
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English
herbaceous
www.gardenguides.com/resources/dictionary/definition.asp?i=...
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PLANTS are naturally divided into ligneous and herbaceous, ...
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The plants of each habitat are grouped as ligneous and herbaceous.
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'WOODY' versus 'NON-WOODY', or more technically 'LIGNEOUS versus HERBACEOUS'. ...
hometown.aol.com/eilatlog/weeds/weed-articles.html
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Jean-Louis S.
: This might be true for a non woody plant but if you refer to non woody parts of a tree/plant you can certainly not use "herbaceous". The question was "in reference to branches and axes"
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You certainly do use 'herbacious' to refer to the herbaceous parts of ligneous plants - what is more, the ligneous parts start out as herbaceous parts. I do see your point about 'branches and axes', though. Maybe more context is needed.
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