VERBENA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does verbena mean? 

• VERBENA (noun)
  The noun VERBENA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: VERBENA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VERBENA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

verbena; vervain

Hypernyms ("verbena" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("verbena" is a member of...):

genus Verbena (type genus of the Verbenaceae; genus of herbaceous perennials and subshrubs)