Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
VERBENACEOUS
VERBENACEOUS Ver `be *na "ceous, a. (Bot. )
Defn: Of or pertaining to a natural order (Verbenaceæ ) of gamopetalous plants of which Verbena is the type. The order includes also the black and white mangroves, and many plants noted for medicinal use or for beauty of bloom.
VERBENATE
Ver "be *nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Verbenated; p. pr. & vb. n.Verbenating.] Etym: [L. verbenatus crowned with a wreath of sacred boughs. See Verbena. ]
Defn: To strew with verbena, or vervain, as in ancient sacrifices and rites.
New American Oxford Dictionary
verbena
ver be na |vərˈbēnə vərˈbinə | ▶noun a chiefly American herbaceous plant that bears heads of bright showy flowers, widely cultivated as a garden ornamental. [Genus Verbena, family Verbenaceae: many species, in particular a group of complex cultivars (V. × hybrida ).] ORIGIN modern Latin, from Latin, literally ‘sacred bough, ’ in medieval Latin ‘vervain. ’
Oxford Dictionary
verbena
verbena |vəːˈbiːnə | ▶noun a chiefly American herbaceous plant which bears heads of bright showy flowers, widely cultivated as a garden ornamental. ●Genus Verbena, family Verbenaceae: many species, in particular a group of complex cultivars (V. × hybrida ).. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Latin, literally ‘sacred bough ’, in medieval Latin ‘vervain ’.
Spanish Dictionary
verbena
verbena nombre femenino 1 Planta de tallo largo y piloso, con hojas ásperas y flores en espiga de colores variados :la infusión de verbena tiene propiedades sedantes .2 Esp Fiesta popular con música y baile que se celebra al aire libre y por la noche, generalmente la víspera de algunas festividades de verano :la verbena de San Juan; las calles, engalanadas con farolillos y guirnaldas, son el escenario de las verbenas, donde viejos y jóvenes se divierten en torno a enormes calderos con bebidas .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
verbena
ver be na /vəː r bíːnə /名詞 C 〘植 〙クマツヅラ, バーベナ .
The Wordsmith Dictionary