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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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