Meanings
plural verbenas
- countableuncountableVerbena, a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.
Linda pulled a piece of verbena and crumpled it, and held her hands to her mother. -
1918, Katherine Mansfield, Prelude (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 116)1 more example
Hidden behind a large stone urn full of verbena, Dottie watched as her enemy greeted Johnny at the door.
1988, Elizabeth Spencer, “The Legacy”, in On the Gulf (Author and Artist Series), Jackson, Miss.; London: University Press of Mississippi, published 1991, →ISBN, page 49
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*werbʰ-
- Latinverbēna“leaves or twigs of olive, myrtle, laurel, or other sacred plants employed in religious ceremonies”
- translingualVerbena
- Englishverbena
Borrowed from translingual Verbena, from Latin verbēna (“leaves or twigs of olive, myrtle, laurel, or other sacred plants employed in religious ceremonies”), from Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-. Doublet of vervain, via French.
More words from translingual, Latin, Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian върбинка
- върбинка (vărbinka)a genus of herbaceous plants
Catalan berbena
- berbenaa genus of herbaceous plants
Czech sporýš, verbena
- sporýša genus of herbaceous plants
- verbenaa genus of herbaceous plants
Dutch ijzerhard, ijzerkruid
- ijzerharda genus of herbaceous plants
- ijzerkruida genus of herbaceous plants
Esperanto verbeno
- verbenoa genus of herbaceous plants
Finnish verbena, rautayrtti
- verbenaa genus of herbaceous plants
- rautayrttia genus of herbaceous plants
French verveine
- verveinea genus of herbaceous plants
German Eisenkraut, Verbene
- Eisenkrauta genus of herbaceous plants
- Verbenea genus of herbaceous plants
Greek λουίζα
- λουίζα (louíza)a genus of herbaceous plants
Hungarian verbéna, vasfű
- verbénaa genus of herbaceous plants
- vasfűa genus of herbaceous plants
Italian verbena
- verbenaa genus of herbaceous plants
Japanese バーベナ
- バーベナa genus of herbaceous plants
Latin lustrago, verbenaca
- lustragoa genus of herbaceous plants
- verbenacaa genus of herbaceous plants
Polish werbena
- werbenaa genus of herbaceous plants
Portuguese verbena
- verbenaa genus of herbaceous plants
Romanian verbină
- verbinăa genus of herbaceous plants
Russian вербе́на
- вербе́на (verbéna)a genus of herbaceous plants
Spanish verbena
- verbenaa genus of herbaceous plants
Turkish mine çiçeğigiller
- mine çiçeğigillera genus of herbaceous plants
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with verbena
Cite this entry
verbena. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verbena
“verbena.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verbena. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “verbena,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verbena.
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