Vervain
21vervain — n. (Bot.) Verbena …
22vervain — ver·vain …
23vervain — ver•vain [[t]ˈvɜr veɪn[/t]] n. pln any verbena, esp. one with small flowers on spikes • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME vervaine < AF, MF verveine < L verbēna leafy twig, holy bough carried by priests …
24vervain — /ˈvɜveɪn/ (say vervayn) noun any plant of the genus Verbena, especially one of the species with small spicate flowers, as V. officinalis. See verbena. {Middle English verveine, from Old French, from Latin verbēna green bough} …
25vervain — n. verbena plant …
26vervain — 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 …
27vervain family. — See verbena family. * * * …
28vervain family — noun family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees • Syn: ↑Verbenaceae, ↑family Verbenaceae, ↑verbena family • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniales, ↑ …
29vervain sage — noun Eurasian sage with blue flowers and foliage like verbena; naturalized in United States • Syn: ↑wild sage, ↑wild clary, ↑Salvia verbenaca • Hypernyms: ↑sage, ↑salvia * * * noun …
30vervain hummingbird — noun : a very small hummingbird (Mellisuga minima) of Hispaniola and Jamaica …
