vervain

2 definitions found

vervain - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Vervain mallow (Bot.), a species of mallow (Malva Alcea)
        with rose-colored flowers.
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vervain - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  vervain
      n 1: any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of
           the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously
           colored flowers [syn: verbena, vervain]