verbena

Meaning

Verbena, a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.

Synonyms

vervain

lemon verbena

Herba Verbenae

European vebena

Translations

verveine

verbena

ijzerhard

Taubenkraut

Echte Eisenkraut

Wunschkraut

Katzenblutkraut

Sagenkraut

verbena

Eisenkraut

verbena

λουίζα

berbena

Verbene

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɝˈbinə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin verbēna (“leaves or twigs of olive, myrtle, laurel, or other sacred plants employed in religious ceremonies”), from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-. Doublet of vervain, via French.