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vervain |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vervain \Ver"vain\, n. [OE. verveine F. verveine fr L. verbena, pl verbenae sacred boughs of laurel, olive, or myrtle, a class of plants; cf verbenaca vervain. Cf {Verbena}.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Verbena. {Vervain mallow} (Bot.), a species of mallow ({Malva Alcea}) with rose-colored flowers. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vervain n : any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers [syn: {verbena}]
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