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ver·be·na

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NOUN:

Any of various New World plants of the genus Verbena, especially one of several species cultivated for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers. Also called vervain .
Any of several similar plants, such as the lemon verbena.

ETYMOLOGY:
Latin verbna, sacred foliage; see wer- ² in Indo-European roots

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