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a Roman cognomen, notably borne by Publius Licinius Valerianus, a Roman emperor
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name
A male given name from Latin, of rare usage.
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name
A transliteration of the Russian male given name Валериа́н (Valerián).
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noun
A hardy perennial flowering plant, Valeriana officinalis, with heads of sweetly scented pink or white flowers.
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noun
More generally, any plant of the genus Valeriana.
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noun
The root of Valeriana officinalis, used in herbal medicine.
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noun
An extract of the dried roots of the Valeriana officinalis used in herbal medicine as a sedative.
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noun
a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers
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Broader terms: flower
Narrower terms: common valerian, garden heliotrope, Valeriana officinalis
History
From Latin Valeriānus, from Valerius.
From Russian Валериа́н (Valerián).
From Old French valeriane or Medieval Latin valeriāna, a reinterpretation of what is found as German Baldrian after valēre (“to be powerful”) or also the gentilic name Valerius, which is seemingly borrowed in the Dark Age period from the late 6th to early 8th century from Turkic or Proto-Mongolic, when the Pannonian Avars were direct neighbours to the Germans, notably also present in Hungarian bojtorján (“burdock”), ultimately from Proto-Mongolic, reflected as Middle Mongol ᠪᠠᠯᠴᠢᠷᠭᠠᠨᠠ (balčirɣan-a, “false hellebore; angelica”), composed as ᠪᠠᠯᠴᠢᠷ (balčir, “infant; young, tender, fresh, rank”) + plant name suffix ᠭᠠᠨᠠ (-ɣana), Mongolian балчиргана (balčirgana, “false hellebore; angelica”), composed as балчир (balčir, “infant; young, tender, fresh, rank”) + plant name suffix -гана (-gana). See Ottoman Turkish بالدران (baldıran, “hemlock”) for Turkic cognates.
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