vervain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɜːveɪn/
ipa: /ˈvɚveɪn/
Forms: form: vervains
form: vervaine
form: vervein
form: verveine
Etymology: From Middle English verveyne, from Old French verveine, from Latin verbēna. Doublet of verbena.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 13 p. 218:
text: The candlesticks were surrounded by wreaths of vervain[.]
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 147:
text: Tobacco and the plant valerian are also considered to be anaphrodisiac in their effects, diminishing sexual inclination. Also vinegar, dried coriander, potassium bromide, cocaine, vervain, acid drinks, lemonade.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 11:
text: There were bunches of wild garlic to keep out evil spirits, foxgloves for healing spells and hemlock and vervain for darker magic.
ref: 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 41:
hypernyms: verbena
glosses: 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.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Verbena officinalis
word: common vervain
taxonomic: Verbena hastata
word: blue vervain
word: white vervain
taxonomic: Verbena urticifolia
word: nettle-leaved vervain
taxonomic: Verbena stricta
word: hoary vervain
word: orubian bastard vervain
english: once Verbena orubica
translation: once Verbena orubica
taxonomic: Stachytarpheta orubica
word: orubian vervain
word: awned bastard vervain
word: aristate bastard vervain (Stachytarpheta aristata, also Verbena aristata, Zappania aristata, heterotypic synonym of Stachytarpheta orubica
taxonomic: Stachytarpheta mutabilis
word: changeable-flowered bastard vervain
taxonomic: Stachytarpheta prismatica
word: germander-leaved bastard vervain
taxonomic: Stachytarpheta squamosa
word: scaly bastard bastard vervain
word: Cayenne bastard vervain
taxonomic: Stachytarpheta cayennensis
word: Cayenne vervain
taxonomic: Stachytarpheta strigosa
word: strigose bastard vervain
taxonomic: Stachytarpheta marginata
word: bordered bastard vervain
taxonomic: Stachytarpheta dichotoma
word: forked bastard vervain
word: Jamaica bastard vervain
taxonomic: Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
word: Jamaica vervain
taxonomic: Stachytarpheta indica
word: Indian bastard vervain
taxonomic: Verbena angustifolia
word: narrow-leaved bastard vervain
raw_tags: of Stachytarpheta indica or Verbena simplex
word: bastard vervain
taxonomic: Verbena simplex
word: narrowleaf vervain
alt: Verbena × clemensiorum
word: Amador County vervain
taxonomic: Verbena canescens
word: gray vervain
taxonomic: Verbena californica
word: Red Hills vervain
word: rough-leaf false vervain
taxonomic: Verbena brasiliensis
word: Brazilian vervain
word: bracted vervain
word: bigbract verbena
word: prostrate vervain
taxonomic: Verbena bracteata
word: carpet vervain
taxonomic: Verbena gracilis
word: Fort Huachuca vervain
taxonomic: Verbena ehrenbergiana
word: Ehrenberg's vervain
alt: now Glandularia peruviana, once Verbena chamaedrifolia
word: germander-leaved vervain
word: Dakota mock vervain
english: now Glandularia bipinnatifida
translation: now Glandularia bipinnatifida
word: Prairie vervain
word: beaked mock vervain
word: pale mock vervain
taxonomic: Glandularia quandrangulata
word: Chihuahuan mock vervain
taxonomic: Glandularia gooddingii
word: southwestern mock vervain
taxonomic: Glandularia tenera
word: Latin American mock Vervain
taxonomic: Glandularia maritima
word: coastal mock Vervain
taxonomic: Glandularia tampensis
word: Tampa mock vervain
word: rose mock vervain
taxonomic: Glandularia canadensis
word: rose vervain
taxonomic: Glandularia pumila
word: pink mock vervain
taxonomic: Glandularia wrightii
word: Davis Mountain mock vervain
english: Glandularia
translation: Glandularia
word: mock vervain
alt: Verbena bonariensis and for Verbena incompta
word: purpletop vervain
english: once Verbena nodiflora
translation: once Verbena nodiflora
taxonomic: Phyla nodiflora
word: jointed vervain
taxonomic: Verbena carolina
word: Carolina vervain
taxonomic: Verbena supina
word: supine vervain
taxonomic: Verbena riparia
word: riverbank vervain
word: tuberous vervain
taxonomic: Verbena rigida
word: stiff vervain
taxonomic: Verbena plicata
word: fanleaf vervain
taxonomic: Verbena pinetorum
word: Chihuahuan vervain
taxonomic: Verbena perennis
word: pinleaf vervain
taxonomic: Verbena neomexicana
word: hillside vervain
taxonomic: Verbena montevidensis
word: Uruguayan vervain
taxonomic: Verbena menthifolia
word: mint vervain
taxonomic: Verbena litoralis
word: seashore vervain
taxonomic: Verbena lasiostachys
word: western vervain
taxonomic: Verbena halei
word: Texas vervain
taxonomic: Glandularia pulchella
word: South American mock vervain
word: vervain hummingbird
word: vervain mallow