Category:Verbena

Ver*be"na, n. Etym: [l. See vervain.] (bot.)

Defn: a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are Extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; Vervain.

Note: verbena, or vervain, was used by the greeks, the romans, and The druids, in their sacred rites. Brewer. Essence of verbena, oil of Verbena, a perfume prepared from the lemon verbena; also, a similar Perfume properly called grass oil. See grass oil, under grass. -- lemon, or sweet, verbena, a shrubby verbenaceous plant (lippia Citriodora), with narrow leaves which exhale a pleasant, lemonlike Fragrance when crushed.