'Vervain' definitions:
Definition of 'vervain'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers [syn: verbena, vervain]
Definition of 'Vervain'
From: GCIDE
- Vervain \Ver"vain\, n. [OE. verveine, F. verveine, fr. L. verbena, pl. verbenae sacred boughs of laurel, olive, or myrtle, a class of plants; cf. verbenaca vervain. Cf. Verbena.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Verbena. [1913 Webster]
- Vervain mallow (Bot.), a species of mallow (Malva Alcea) with rose-colored flowers. [1913 Webster]