VALERIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does valerian mean? 

• VALERIAN (noun)
  The noun VALERIAN has 1 sense:

1. a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers

  Familiarity information: VALERIAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VALERIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("valerian" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "valerian"):

common valerian; garden heliotrope; Valeriana officinalis (tall rhizomatous plant having very fragrant flowers and rhizomes used medicinally)

Holonyms ("valerian" is a member of...):

genus Valeriana; Valeriana (genus of widely distributed perennial herbs and some shrubs)

 Context examples 

Also called garden valerian, Indian valerian, Mexican valerian, Pacific valerian, valerian, Valeriana officinalis, and Valerianae radix.

(Garden heliotrope, NCI Dictionary)

Also called garden heliotrope, garden valerian, Indian valerian, Mexican valerian, valerian, Valeriana officinalis, and Valerianae radix.

(Pacific valerian, NCI Dictionary)

Also called garden heliotrope, garden valerian, Indian valerian, Pacific valerian, valerian, Valeriana officinalis, and Valerianae radix.

(Mexican valerian, NCI Dictionary)

Also called garden heliotrope, garden valerian, Mexican valerian, Pacific valerian, valerian, Valeriana officinalis, and Valerianae radix.

(Indian valerian, NCI Dictionary)

Also called garden heliotrope, Indian valerian, Mexican valerian, Pacific valerian, valerian, Valeriana officinalis, and Valerianae radix.

(Garden valerian, NCI Dictionary)