Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vervain"
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) 1.7 (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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