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verbena

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun verbena has 1 sense

verbena(n = noun.plant) vervain - any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers; Array

is a kind of flower

is a member of genus verbena

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CIDE DICTIONARY

verbena, n. [L. See Vervain.].

A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain. [1913 Webster]

" Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites. Brewer. " Brewer. [1913 Webster]

Essence of verbena, Oil of verbena, a perfume prepared from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly called grass oil. See Grass oil, under Grass. -- Lemon verbena, or Sweet verbena, a shrubby verbenaceous plant (Lippia citriodora), with narrow leaves which exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

verbena, n. any plant of the genus Verbena, bearing clusters of fragrant flowers.

Etymology

L, = sacred bough of olive etc., in med.L vervain

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