verbena


Definition: Meaning of, verbena in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / vəːˈbiːnə /

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verbena verbenas
  1. any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously coloured flowers
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verbena used in phrases

  • beach sand verbena (noun)
    1. prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers; found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California
  • desert sand verbena (noun)
    1. soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers; found in sandy desert soil; after ample rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico
  • genus Verbena (noun)
    1. type genus of the Verbenaceae; genus of herbaceous perennials and subshrubs
  • pink sand verbena (noun)
    1. prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers; found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California
  • sand verbena (noun)
    1. any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena
  • sweet sand verbena (noun)
    1. taller than Abronia elliptica and having night-blooming flowers
    2. plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions
  • verbena family (noun)
    1. family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees
  • yellow sand verbena (noun)
    1. plant having hemispherical heads of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to British Columbia
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