Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Verbena"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Verbena \Ver*be"na\, n. [L. See {Vervain}.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are
extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers;
vervain.
Note: Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the
Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites.
--Brewer.
{Essence of verbena}, {Oil of verbena}, a perfume prepared
from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly
called {grass oil}. See {Grass oil}, under {Grass}.
{Lemon}, or {Sweet}, {verbena}, a shrubby verbenaceous plant
({Lippia citriodora}), with narrow leaves which exhale a
pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
verbena
n : any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of
the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of
variously colored flowers [syn: {vervain}]
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