Definition of Verbina
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.
&fist; 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.
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.
&fist; 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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