verbena
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Definition of verbena
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Verbena, 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. -”
“Hidden behind a large stone urn full of verbena, Dottie watched as her enemy greeted Johnny at the door.”
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Etymology
Borrowed 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.
Words you can make from verbena
78 playable · top: BEAVER (11 pts)
Best play beaver 11 points5-letter words
10 words4-letter words
29 words- VERB 9 pts
- AVER 7 pts
- EAVE 7 pts
- EVEN 7 pts
- EVER 7 pts
- NAVE 7 pts
- NEVE 7 pts
- RAVE 7 pts
- VANE 7 pts
- VEER 7 pts
- VENA 7 pts
- VERA 7 pts
- BANE 6 pts
- BARE 6 pts
- BARN 6 pts
- BEAN 6 pts
- BEAR 6 pts
- BEEN 6 pts
- BEER 6 pts
- BENE 6 pts
- BRAE 6 pts
- BRAN 6 pts
- BREE 6 pts
- BREN 6 pts
- NABE 6 pts
- EARN 4 pts
- ERNE 4 pts
- NARE 4 pts
- NEAR 4 pts
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