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verbena

ver·be·na
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ver-bee-nuh]
    • /vərˈbi nə/
    • /vɜː.ˈbiː.nə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ver-bee-nuh]
    • /vərˈbi nə/

Definitions of verbena word

  • noun verbena any of various plants of the genus Verbena, especially any of several hybrid species cultivated for their showy flower clusters. Compare verbena family. 1
  • noun verbena any of various other plants, as the lemon verbena or sand verbena. 1
  • noun verbena flowering plant 1
  • noun verbena any plant of the verbenaceous genus Verbena, chiefly of tropical and temperate America, having red, white, or purple fragrant flowers: much cultivated as garden plants 0
  • noun verbena any of various similar or related plants, esp the lemon verbena 0
  • noun verbena any of a genus (Verbena) of plants of the verbena family, with spikes or clusters of showy red, white, or purplish flowers, widely grown for ornament 0
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Origin of verbena

First appearance:

before 1560
One of the 32% oldest English words
1560-70; < Medieval Latin verbēna, Latin: leafy twig; see vervain

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Verbena

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Verbena

verbena popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

verbena usage trend in Literature

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Related words

  • verbena family

    the plant family Verbenaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having opposite or whorled leaves, clusters of irregular, sometimes fragrant flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the beautyberry, lantana, teak, verbena, and vervain.

  • verbenaceous

    belonging to the plant family Verbenaceae.

  • vervain

    any plant belonging to the genus Verbena, of the verbena family, having elongated or flattened spikes of stalkless flowers.

  • blue spirea

    a grayish, hairy, eastern Asian shrub, Caryopteris incana, of the verbena family, having clusters of showy, blue or bluish-purple flowers.

  • citronalis

    lemon verbena.

  • french mulberry

    a shrub, Callicarpa americana, of the verbena family, of the south-central U.S. and the West Indies, having violet-colored fruit and bluish flowers.
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