White vervain is sometimes confused with nettles, but its inflorescence is completely dissimilar.
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Vervain
//ˈvɜːveɪn//
Synonyms for "vervain" (2 found)
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68 entriesAmador County vervainBrazilian vervainCarolina vervainCayenne bastard vervainCayenne vervainChihuahuan mock vervainChihuahuan vervainDakota mock vervainDavis Mountain mock vervainEhrenberg's vervainFort Huachuca vervainIndian bastard vervainJamaica bastard vervainJamaica vervainLatin American mock VervainPrairie vervain
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48 translations across 28 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- περιστέριον noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
- ἱεροβοτάνη noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Arabic
1 entries- رِعْي الْحَمَام noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܪܥܝܐ ܕܝܘܢܐ noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Armenian
1 entries- աղավնիճ noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Bulgarian
4 entries- вербе́на noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
- върби́ка noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
- върби́на noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
- върби́нка noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Catalan
1 entries- berbena noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Czech
1 entries- sporýš noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Dutch
2 entries- ijzerhard noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
- ijzerkruid noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Finnish
4 entries- rautaverbena noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
- rautayrtti noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
- rohtorautayrtti noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
- rohtoverbena (V. officinalis) noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
French
1 entries- verveine noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Galician
2 entries- orxaván noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
- verxebán noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
German
1 entries- Eisenkraut noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Greek
2 entries- βερβένα noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
- σταυροβότανο noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Hungarian
2 entries- vasfű noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
- verbéna noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Kazakh
2 entries- дәрілік нарқайсар noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
- нарқайсар noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Latin
2 entries- lustrago noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
- verbēnāca noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Middle English
1 entries- verveyne noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- بارسطاریون noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
- كوكرجین اوتی noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
- مینه noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
- مینه چیچكی noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Portuguese
1 entries- verbena noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Punic
1 entries- 𐤇𐤑𐤓 𐤂𐤆𐤋 noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Russian
1 entries- вербе́на noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- hajdučka trava noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
- spòrīš noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
- verbéna noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Slovene
1 entries- verbẹ̑na noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Spanish
1 entries- verbena noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Swedish
1 entries- verbena noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Turkish
1 entries- mine çiçeği noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Ukrainian
1 entries- вербе́на noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Uzbek
2 entries- tizimgul noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
- тизимгул noun (Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis)
Sample sentences
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The Yarrow, where-with-all he stops the wound-made gore: The healing Tutsan then, and Plantan for a sore. And hard by them againe he holy Vervaine finds, Which he about his head that hath the Megrim binds.
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The candlesticks were surrounded by wreaths of vervain[.]
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Tobacco and the plant valerian are also considered to be anaphrodisiac in their effects, diminishing sexual inclination. Also vinegar, dried coriander, potassium bromide, cocaine, vervain, acid drinks, lemonade.
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