vervain
pronunciation
How to pronounce vervain in British English:
UK ['vɜ:veɪn]
How to pronounce vervain in American English:
US ['vɜveɪn]
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- Noun:
- any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers
Word Origin
- vervain (n.)
- herbaceous plant much valued medicinally in Middle Ages, late 14c., from Old French verveine (13c.), from Latin verbena (see verbena).
Example
- 1. How did you know she 's not on vervain ?
- 2. You forgot the lesson about vervain .
- 3. Beech , impatiens , scleranthus , vervain .
- 4. Did you stop taking your vervain ?
- 5. That 's what vervain tastes like ?