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valerian


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Valerian  \Va*le"ri*an\,  n.  [LL.  valeriana,  perhaps  from  some 
  person  named  Valerius  or  fr  L.  valere  to  be  strong. 
  powerful,  on  account  of  its  medicinal  virtues:  cf  F. 
  val['e]riane.]  (Bot.) 
  Any  plant  of  the  genus  {Valeriana}.  The  root  of  the  officinal 
  valerian  ({V.  officinalis})  has  a  strong  smell,  and  is  much 
  used  in  medicine  as  an  antispasmodic. 
 
  {Greek  valerian}  (Bot.),  a  plant  ({Polemonium  c[ae]ruleum}) 
  with  blue  or  white  flowers,  and  leaves  resembling  those  of 
  the  officinal  valerian. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  valerian 
  n  :  a  plant  of  the  genus  Valeriana  having  lobed  or  dissected 
  leaves  and  cymose  white  or  ink  flowers 




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