vervain
/ˈvɜːveɪn/US/ˈvɚveɪn/
vervain noun: any herbaceous plant in the genus Verbena especially if used for medicinal purposes, primarily Verbena officinalis, common in Europe and formerly held to have medicinal properties.
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Noun
vervain (countable and uncountable, plural vervains)
- Any herbaceous plant in the genus Verbena especially if used for medicinal purposes, primarily Verbena officinalis, common in Europe and formerly held to have medicinal properties.
- The Yarrow, where-with-all he stops the wound-made gore:
The healing Tutsan then, and Plantan for a sore.
And hard by them againe he holy Vervaine finds,
Which he about his head that hath the Megrim binds.1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 13 p. 218 - The candlesticks were surrounded by wreaths of vervain[.]1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 147
- The Yarrow, where-with-all he stops the wound-made gore:
vervain meaning in Tamil and Arabic
vervain in Tamil
- தாயத்துப் பூண்டு
vervain in Arabic
- Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
- رِعْي الْحَمَام riʕy al-ḥamām
Examples of vervain in a sentence
- Also vinegar, dried coriander, potassium bromide, cocaine, vervain, acid drinks, lemonade.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 11:
- There were bunches of wild garlic to keep out evil spirits, foxgloves for healing spells and hemlock and vervain for darker magic.1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 41:
Forms of vervain
| plural | vervains |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | vervaine |
| alternative form (obsolete) | vervein |
| alternative form (obsolete) | verveine |
Origin of vervain
From Middle English verveyne, from Old French verveine, from Latin verbēna. Doublet of verbena.
Words formed from vervain
- common vervain
- holy vervain
- blue vervain
- white vervain
- nettle-leaved vervain
- hoary vervain
- orubian bastard vervain
- orubian vervain
- awned bastard vervain
- aristate bastard vervain (Stachytarpheta aristata, also Verbena aristata, Zappania aristata, heterotypic synonym of Stachytarpheta orubica
- changeable-flowered bastard vervain
- germander-leaved bastard vervain
- scaly bastard bastard vervain
- Cayenne bastard vervain
- Cayenne vervain
- rough-leaf false vervain
- strigose bastard vervain
- bordered bastard vervain
- forked bastard vervain
- Jamaica bastard vervain
- Jamaica vervain
- Indian bastard vervain
- narrow-leaved bastard vervain
- bastard vervain
- narrowleaf vervain
- Amador County vervain
- gray vervain
- Red Hills vervain
- Brazilian vervain
- bracted vervain
- bigbract verbena
- prostrate vervain
- carpet vervain
- Fort Huachuca vervain
- Ehrenberg's vervain
- germander-leaved vervain
- Dakota mock vervain
- Prairie vervain
- beaked mock vervain
- pale mock vervain
- Chihuahuan mock vervain
- southwestern mock vervain
- Latin American mock Vervain
- coastal mock Vervain
- Tampa mock vervain
- rose mock vervain
- rose vervain
- pink mock vervain
- Davis Mountain mock vervain
- mock vervain
- purpletop vervain
- jointed vervain
- Carolina vervain
- supine vervain
- riverbank vervain
- tuberous vervain
- stiff vervain
- fanleaf vervain
- Chihuahuan vervain
- pinleaf vervain
Phrases with vervain
Questions about vervain
- What does vervain mean?
- Vervain means any herbaceous plant in the genus Verbena especially if used for medicinal purposes, primarily Verbena officinalis, common in Europe and formerly held to have medicinal properties.
- What is vervain in Tamil?
- Vervain in Tamil is தாயத்துப் பூண்டு. See Vervain meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use vervain in a sentence?
- Also vinegar, dried coriander, potassium bromide, cocaine, vervain, acid drinks, lemonade.
- What part of speech is vervain?
- Vervain is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vervain?
- Vervain is pronounced /ˈvɜːveɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of vervain?
- The plural of vervain is vervains.
Words near vervain in the dictionary
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