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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VER'VAIN, n. A plant of the genus Verbena, or rather the genus so called.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English verveine, from Anglo-French, from Latin verbena leafy branch; akin to Latin verber rod, Lithuanian virbas, and perhaps to Greek rhabdos rod Date: 14th century any of a genus (Verbena of the family Verbenaceae, the vervain family) of chiefly American plants having bracted spicate flowers, a corolla with a 5-lobed limb, and a fruit that separates into four nutlets

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Bot. any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Verbena, esp. V. officinalis with small blue, white, or purple flowers. Etymology: ME f. OF verveine f. L VERBENA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. (Bot.) Verbena.