oil of verbena

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oil of verbena - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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