Verbena
WordNet
noun
(1) Any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.
Quotations
- 1918 : Linda pulled a piece of verbena and crumpled it, and held her hands to her mother. - Katherine Mansfield, Prelude (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 116)