Definitions for: Verbena


[n] any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: vervain

See Also: flower, genus Verbena

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