About The Word Verbena
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Verbena
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What's The Definition Of Verbena?
[n] any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers
Synonyms | Synonyms for Verbena: vervain Related Terms | Find terms related to Verbena: See Also | flower | genus Verbena Verbena In Webster's Dictionary \Ver*be"na\, n. [L. See {Vervain}.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are
extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers;
vervain.
Note: Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the
Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites.
--Brewer.
{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}, or {Sweet}, {verbena}, a shrubby verbenaceous plant
({Lippia citriodora}), with narrow leaves which exhale a
pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.
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