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ver⋅be⋅na

[ver-bee-nuh]
–noun
1. any of various plants of the genus Verbena, esp. any of several hybrid species cultivated for their showy flower clusters. Compare verbena family.
2. any of various other plants, as the lemon verbena or sand verbena.

Origin:
1560–70; < ML verbēna, L: leafy twig; see vervain
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ver·be·na   (vər-bē'nə)   
n.  
  1. Any of various New World plants of the genus Verbena, especially one of several species cultivated for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers. Also called vervain.

  2. Any of several similar plants, such as the lemon verbena.


[Latin verbēna, sacred foliage; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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