Verbena /(?)/
Ver·be·na
Verbena
n.
- A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain. (Bot.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Essence of verbena
- a perfume prepared from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly called grass oil. See Grass oil, under Grass.
- Lemon verbena
- a shrubby verbenaceous plant (Lippia citriodora), with narrow leaves which exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.