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vervain

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːveɪn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈvɚveɪn/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any herbaceous plant in the genus Verbena especially if used for medicinal purposes, primarily Verbena officinalis, common in Europe and formerly held to have medicinal properties.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: verbena

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: verbena

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flower

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رِعْي الْحَمَام (riʕy al-ḥamām) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Aramaic: ܪܥܝܐ ܕܝܘܢܐ (reʿyā də-yawnē) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Armenian: աղավնիճ (aġavnič) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Bulgarian: вербе́на (verbéna) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Bulgarian: върби́на (vǎrbína) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Bulgarian: върби́нка (vǎrbínka) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Bulgarian: върби́ка (vǎrbíka) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Catalan: berbena — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬鞭草 /马鞭草 (mǎbiāncǎo) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Czech: sporýš — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Dutch: ijzerhard — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Dutch: ijzerkruid — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Finnish: verbena — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Finnish: rautayrtti — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Finnish: rautaverbena — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Finnish: rohtorautayrtti — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Finnish: rohtoverbena (V. officinalis) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • French: verveine — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Galician: orxaván — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Galician: verxebán — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • German: Eisenkraut — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Greek: βερβένα (vervéna) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Greek: σταυροβότανο (stavrovótano) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Ancient Greek: περιστέριον (peristérion) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Ancient Greek: ἱεροβοτάνη (hierobotánē) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Hungarian: vasfű — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Hungarian: verbéna — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Kazakh: нарқайсар (narqaisar) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Kazakh: дәрілік нарқайсар (därılık narqaisar) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Latin: lustrago — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Latin: verbēnāca — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Middle English: verveyne — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Portuguese: verbena — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Punic: 𐤇𐤑𐤓 𐤂𐤆𐤋 — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Russian: вербе́на (verbéna) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Serbo-Croatian: spòrīš — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Serbo-Croatian: hajdučka trava — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Serbo-Croatian: verbéna — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Slovene: verbẹ̑na — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Spanish: verbena — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Swedish: verbena — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Turkish: mine çiçeği — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Ottoman Turkish: مینه (mine) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Ottoman Turkish: مینه چیچكی (mine çiçeği) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Ottoman Turkish: كوكرجین اوتی (güvercin otu) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Ottoman Turkish: بارسطاریون (baristaryon) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Ukrainian: вербе́на (verbéna) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Uzbek: тизимгул (tizimgul) — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis
  • Uzbek: tizimgul — Verbena or specifically Verbena officinalis