verbena

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /vɚˈbinə/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɜːˈbiːnə/ Rhymes: -iːnə === Noun === verbena (countable and uncountable, plural verbenas) Verbena, a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain. 1918, Katherine Mansfield, Prelude (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 116) Linda pulled a piece of verbena and crumpled it, and held her hands to her mother. - ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === verbena on Wikipedia.Wikipedia verbena on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:verbena on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == Catalan == === Noun === verbena f (plural verbenes) alternative form of berbena === Further reading === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “verbena”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin verbēna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋerbenɑ/, [ˈʋe̞rbe̞nɑ̝] Rhymes: -erbenɑ Syllabification(key): ver‧be‧na Hyphenation(key): ver‧be‧na === Noun === verbena verbena, beebrush (plant of genus Verbena) (in the plural) the genus Verbena ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (plant and genus): rautayrtti ==== Derived terms ==== == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin verbēna. Compare the doublet vermena. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /verˈbɛ.na/ Rhymes: -ɛna Hyphenation: ver‧bè‧na === Noun === verbena f (plural verbene) verbena, vervain ==== Derived terms ==== Verbenacee == Latin == === Etymology === By surface analysis, verber +‎ -na. From earlier *werbez-na-, itself formed from the addition of -nus to the s-stem *wer(β/b)-os ~ *wer(β/b)-es- (whence also verber). It is perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *werb(h)-, whence also perhaps Lithuanian virbas (“twig, branch, scion, rod”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛrˈbeː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [verˈbɛː.na] === Noun === verbēna f (genitive verbēnae); first declension foliage, especially that of olive, myrtle etc having religious and medicinal uses ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== verbēnaca ==== Related terms ==== verber verberō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “verbena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “verbena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “verbena”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “verbena”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “verbena”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin verbēna. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ẽnɐ, -enɐ Hyphenation: ver‧be‧na === Noun === verbena f (plural verbenas) (botany) common name, extended to plants of the genus Verbena, of the Verbenaceae family, mostly from the Americas, which includes species cultivated as ornamentals (botany) Verbena officinalis herbal tea prepared with this plant party with night festival; kermesse === Further reading === “verbena”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “verbena”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish berbena, possibly borrowed from Latin verbēna (see also Lithuanian virbas (“twig, branch, scion, rod”)). Cognate with Middle Dutch warp, Middle Low German warp, German Warf, Danish varp, Swedish varp. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beɾˈbena/ [beɾˈβ̞e.na] Rhymes: -ena Syllabification: ver‧be‧na === Noun === verbena f (plural verbenas) verbena (Verbena, a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain) a night-time fair or party ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “verbena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025