Verbena

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Verbena \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.
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     Note: Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the
           Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites.
           --Brewer.
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     {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 verbena}, or {Sweet verbena}, a shrubby verbenaceous
        plant ({Lippia citriodora}), with narrow leaves which
        exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  verbena
       n : any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of
           the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of
           variously colored flowers [syn: {vervain}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Verbena, AL
    Zip code(s): 36091