Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various plants of the genus Verbena, chiefly of the Americas, that have opposite leaves and flowers with five-lobed corollas and are used medicinally or cultivated for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers.
- noun Any of several similar plants, such as the lemon verbena.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants, type of the order Verbenaceæ and tribe Verbeneæ.
- noun [lowercase] A plant of this genus
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.
- noun a perfume prepared from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly called
grass oil . See Grass oil, underGrass . - noun a shrubby verbenaceous plant (
Lippia citriodora ), with narrow leaves which exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Verbena, a genus of
herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers;vervain .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For the disinfecting power of verbena (_myrtea verbena_) see Pliny xv. 119, where it is said to have been used by Romans and Sabines after the rape of the Sabine virgins.
The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884
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Verbena verbena officinalis: Another herb commonly used as a digestive tea, verbena is also considered a cure for bilis, an ailment consisting of headache, stomach ache, and loss of appetite, most frequently caused by extreme emotional upset.
A Culinary Guide to Mexican Herbs: Las Hierbas de Cocina 2006
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Verbena verbena officinalis: Another herb commonly used as a digestive tea, verbena is also considered a cure for bilis, an ailment consisting of headache, stomach ache, and loss of appetite, most frequently caused by extreme emotional upset.
A Culinary Guide to Mexican Herbs: Las Hierbas de Cocina 2006
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Verbena verbena officinalis: Another herb commonly used as a digestive tea, verbena is also considered a cure for bilis, an ailment consisting of headache, stomach ache, and loss of appetite, most frequently caused by extreme emotional upset.
A Culinary Guide to Mexican Herbs: Las Hierbas de Cocina 2006
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The lemon candles smell utterly natural and fresh, like lemon verbena, which is a personal favourite of mine.
Tulum's Massage Candle in Lemon Ayala Sender 2007
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The lemon candles smell utterly natural and fresh, like lemon verbena, which is a personal favourite of mine.
Archive 2007-05-01 Ayala Sender 2007
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I prefer loose Egyptian chamomile and have found that both this herb and vervain, sometimes known as verbena, can be purchased from whole food stores.
JOIE DE VIVRE ROBERT ARBOR 2003
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I flavoured the tea with some lemon verbena which is a detoxifier and raspberry leaf which is a tonifier.
At My Table 2006
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There is still Don't forget flowers, such as verbena, rudbeckia, petunias and dianthus, even if you ve switched to vegetables.
WN.com - Articles related to Mesquite seed pods can be ground into a flour 2009
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Don't forget flowers, such as verbena, rudbeckia, petunias and dianthus, even if you ve switched to vegetables.
WN.com - Articles related to Mesquite seed pods can be ground into a flour 2009
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