VERVAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vervain mean? 

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

1. any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VERVAIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

verbena; vervain

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

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

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

genus Verbena (type genus of the Verbenaceae; genus of herbaceous perennials and subshrubs)