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English
A verbena , Verbena rigida
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin verbēna ( “ leaves or twigs of olive, myrtle, laurel, or other sacred plants employed in religious ceremonies ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ- . Doublet of vervain , via French.
Pronunciation
Noun
verbena (countable and uncountable , plural verbenas )
Verbena , a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain .
1918 , Katherine Mansfield , Prelude (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 116)
Linda pulled a piece of verbena and crumpled it, and held her hands to her mother. -
1988 , Elizabeth Spencer , “The Legacy”, in On the Gulf (Author and Artist Series), Jackson, Miss., London: University Press of Mississippi , published 1991 , →ISBN , page 49 :Hidden behind a large stone urn full of verbena , Dottie watched as her enemy greeted Johnny at the door.
Derived terms
Translations
a genus of herbaceous plants
See also
Catalan
Noun
verbena f (plural verbenes )
Alternative form of berbena
Further reading
“verbena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin verbēna .
Pronunciation
Noun
verbena
verbena , beebrush ( plant of genus Verbena )
( in the plural ) the genus Verbena
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin verbēna . Compare the doublet vermena .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /verˈbɛ.na/
Rhymes: -ɛna
Hyphenation: ver‧bè‧na
Noun
verbena f (plural verbene )
verbena , vervain
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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *werβeznā , from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ- , whence also Lithuanian virbas ( “ twig, branch, scion, rod ” ) . This root is seemingly connected to *werb- ( “ to turn, bend ” ) ; further compare Middle Dutch warp , Middle Low German warp , German Warf , Danish varp , Swedish varp . Equivalent to verber + -na .
Pronunciation
Noun
verbēna f (genitive verbēnae ) ; first declension
foliage , especially that of olive , myrtle etc having religious and medicinal uses
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
“verbena ”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ) A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
“verbena ”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891 ) An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers
verbena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934 ) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette.
“verbena ”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898 ), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities , New York: Harper & Brothers
“verbena ”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890 ), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities , London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese , from Latin verbēna .
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -ẽnɐ , -enɐ
Hyphenation: ver‧be‧na
Noun
verbena f (plural verbenas )
( botany ) common name, extended to plants of the genus Verbena , of the Verbenaceae family, mostly from the Americas, which includes species cultivated as ornamentals
( botany ) Verbena officinalis
herbal tea prepared with this plant
party with night festival ; kermesse
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish berbena , from Latin verbēna (see also Lithuanian virbas ( “ twig, branch, scion, rod ” ) ). Cognate with Middle Dutch warp , Middle Low German warp , German Warf , Danish varp , Swedish varp .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /beɾˈbena/
Rhymes: -ena
Syllabification: ver‧be‧na
Noun
verbena f (plural verbenas )
verbena ( Verbena , a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain )
a night-time fair or party
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Further reading