roadside verbena

noun

Purpletop vervain, Verbena bonariensis.

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nounroadside verbena (plural roadside verbenas)

plural roadside verbenas

  1. Purpletop vervain, Verbena bonariensis.

    Various measures were taken to avoid it, most popular being the suspension of certain herbs and tree branches over the doorways of dwellings and stables. Commonly used greenery were tansy, honesty, garlic, St. John's Wort, mountain ash, roadside verbena.

    1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 271
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roadside verbena. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roadside%20verbena

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