vervains
vervains is the plural of vervain.
Meaning of vervain
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 Yarrow, where-with-all he stops the wound-made gore:
Phrases with vervains
Questions about vervains
- What is vervains the plural of?
- Vervains is the plural of vervain.
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