Verbena

//vɚˈbinə// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Verbena, a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain. countable, uncountable

    "Linda pulled a piece of verbena and crumpled it, and held her hands to her mother. -"

  2. 2
    any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers wordnet

Synonyms

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flowervervain

Example

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"In Siena neighbors started singing a traditional Tuscan folk song, Il Canto della Verbena, one of the town's most cherished melodies and sung since the Middle Ages."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin verbēna (“leaves or twigs of olive, myrtle, laurel, or other sacred plants employed in religious ceremonies”), from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-. Doublet of vervain, via French.

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