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vervain

ver·vain

UK/ˈvɜːveɪn/ US/ˈvɚveɪn/ rare

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any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers

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From Middle English verveyne, from Old French verveine, from Latin verbēna. Doublet of verbena.

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