Verbena

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(Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain. Essence of verbena a perfume prepared from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly called grass oil. See Grass oil, under Grass. Lemon verbena a shrubby verbenaceous plant (Lippia citriodora), with narrow leaves which exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.

Noun

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verbena - any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers Synonyms: vervain

flower, genus Verbena, vervain