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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers;
[syn: verbena, vervain]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] Vervain mallow (Bot.), a species of mallow (Malva Alcea) with rose-colored flowers. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vervain n 1: any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers [syn: verbena, vervain]