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Verbena
(gcide) | Verbena \Ver*be"na\, n. [L. See Vervain.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are
extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers;
vervain.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the
Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites.
--Brewer.
[1913 Webster]
Essence of verbena, Oil of verbena, a perfume prepared
from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly
called grass oil. See Grass oil, under Grass.
Lemon verbena, or Sweet verbena, a shrubby verbenaceous
plant (Lippia citriodora), with narrow leaves which
exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.
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verbena
(wn) | verbena
n 1: any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of
the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously
colored flowers [syn: verbena, vervain] |
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desert sand verbena
(encz) | desert sand verbena, n: |
pink sand verbena
(encz) | pink sand verbena, n: |
sand verbena
(encz) | sand verbena, n: |
sweet sand verbena
(encz) | sweet sand verbena, n: |
verbena family
(encz) | verbena family, n: |
yellow sand verbena
(encz) | yellow sand verbena, n: |
essence of verbena
(gcide) | Barnyard grass, for hay. South. Panicum Grus-galli. Bent,
pasture and hay. Agrostis, several species. Bermuda grass,
pasture. South. Cynodon Dactylon. Black bent. Same as {Switch
grass} (below). Blue bent, hay. North and West. {Andropogon
provincialis}. Blue grass, pasture. Poa compressa. Blue joint,
hay. Northwest. Aqropyrum glaucum. Buffalo grass, grazing.
Rocky Mts., etc.
(a) Buchlo["e] dectyloides.
(b) Same as Grama grass (below). Bunch grass, grazing.
Far West. Eriocoma, Festuca, Stips, etc. Chess,
or Cheat, a weed. Bromus secalinus, etc. Couch
grass. Same as Quick grass (below). Crab grass,
(a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. Panicum sanguinale.
(b) Pasture and hay. South. Eleusine Indica. Darnel
(a) Bearded, a noxious weed. Lolium temulentum.
(b) Common. Same as Rye grass (below). Drop seed, fair
for forage and hay. Muhlenbergia, several species.
English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow
grass.
(a) Pasture and hay. Poa serotina.
(b) Hay, on moist land. Gryceria nervata. Gama grass,
cut fodder. South. Tripsacum dactyloides. Grama
grass, grazing. West and Pacific slope. {Bouteloua
oligostachya}, etc. Great bunch grass, pasture and
hay. Far West. Festuca scabrella. Guinea grass, hay.
South. Panicum jumentorum. Herd's grass, in New
England Timothy, in Pennsylvania and South Redtop.
Indian grass. Same as Wood grass (below). Italian
rye grass, forage and hay. Lolium Italicum. Johnson
grass, grazing and hay. South and Southwest. {Sorghum
Halepense}. Kentucky blue grass, pasture. {Poa
pratensis}. Lyme grass, coarse hay. South. Elymus,
several species. Manna grass, pasture and hay.
Glyceria, several species. Meadow fescue, pasture
and hay. Festuca elatior. Meadow foxtail, pasture,
hay, lawn. North. Alopecurus pratensis. Meadow
grass, pasture, hay, lawn. Poa, several species.
Mesquite grass, or Muskit grass. Same as Grama grass
(above). Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed.
Muhlenbergia diffsa. Orchard grass, pasture and hay.
Dactylis glomerata. Porcupine grass, troublesome to
sheep. Northwest. Stipa spartea. Quaking grass,
ornamental. Briza media and maxima. Quitch, or
Quick, grass, etc., a weed. Agropyrum repens. Ray
grass. Same as Rye grass (below). Redtop, pasture
and hay. Agrostis vulgaris. Red-topped buffalo
grass, forage. Northwest. Poa tenuifolia. Reed
canary grass, of slight value. Phalaris arundinacea.
Reed meadow grass, hay. North. Glyceria aquatica.
Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary
grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. Lolium perenne,
var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North.
Hierochloa borealis. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native
in Northern Europe and Asia. Festuca ovina. Small
reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia
Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as Meadow grass
(above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals.
Seacoast and Northwest. Hordeum jubatum. Switch
grass, hay, cut young. Panicum virgatum. Timothy,
cut young, the best of hay. North. Phleum pratense.
Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus
lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn.
Anthoxanthum odoratum. Wire grass, valuable in
pastures. Poa compressa. Wood grass, Indian grass,
hay. Chrysopogon nutans.
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Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
true grasses botanically considered, such as black
grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
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Black grass, a kind of small rush (Juncus Gerardi),
growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
Grass of the Andes, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
avenaceum} of Europe.
Grass of Parnassus, a plant of the genus Parnassia
growing in wet ground. The European species is {Parnassia
palustris}; in the United States there are several
species.
Grass bass (Zool.), the calico bass.
Grass bird, the dunlin.
Grass cloth, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
grass-cloth plant.
Grass-cloth plant, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
(B[oe]hmeria nivea syn. Urtica nivea), which grows in
Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
Grass finch. (Zool.)
(a) A common American sparrow ({Po["o]c[ae]tes
gramineus}); -- called also vesper sparrow and
bay-winged bunting.
(b) Any Australian finch, of the genus Po["e]phila, of
which several species are known.
Grass lamb, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
and giving rich milk.
Grass land, land kept in grass and not tilled.
Grass moth (Zool.), one of many small moths of the genus
Crambus, found in grass.
Grass oil, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
India from grasses of the genus Andropogon, etc.; --
used in perfumery under the name of citronella, {ginger
grass oil}, lemon grass oil, essence of verbena etc.
Grass owl (Zool.), a South African owl (Strix Capensis).
Grass parrakeet (Zool.), any of several species of
Australian parrots, of the genus Euphemia; -- also
applied to the zebra parrakeet.
Grass plover (Zool.), the upland or field plover.
Grass poly (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
Crass quit (Zool.), one of several tropical American
finches of the genus Euetheia. The males have most of
the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
Grass snake. (Zool.)
(a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
natrix}).
(b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
See Green snake, under Green.
Grass snipe (Zool.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
maculata}); -- called also jacksnipe in America.
Grass spider (Zool.), a common spider (Agelena n[ae]via),
which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered
with dew.
Grass sponge (Zool.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge
from Florida and the Bahamas.
Grass table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Grass vetch (Bot.), a vetch (Lathyrus Nissolia), with
narrow grasslike leaves.
Grass widow. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[aum]senka a grass widow.]
(a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
(b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
husband. [Slang.]
Grass wrack (Bot.) eelgrass.
To bring to grass (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
surface of the ground.
To put to grass, To put out to grass, to put out to graze
a season, as cattle.
[1913 Webster]Verbena \Ver*be"na\, n. [L. See Vervain.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are
extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers;
vervain.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the
Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites.
--Brewer.
[1913 Webster]
Essence of verbena, Oil of verbena, a perfume prepared
from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly
called grass oil. See Grass oil, under Grass.
Lemon verbena, or Sweet verbena, a shrubby verbenaceous
plant (Lippia citriodora), with narrow leaves which
exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.
[1913 Webster] |
Essence of verbena
(gcide) | Barnyard grass, for hay. South. Panicum Grus-galli. Bent,
pasture and hay. Agrostis, several species. Bermuda grass,
pasture. South. Cynodon Dactylon. Black bent. Same as {Switch
grass} (below). Blue bent, hay. North and West. {Andropogon
provincialis}. Blue grass, pasture. Poa compressa. Blue joint,
hay. Northwest. Aqropyrum glaucum. Buffalo grass, grazing.
Rocky Mts., etc.
(a) Buchlo["e] dectyloides.
(b) Same as Grama grass (below). Bunch grass, grazing.
Far West. Eriocoma, Festuca, Stips, etc. Chess,
or Cheat, a weed. Bromus secalinus, etc. Couch
grass. Same as Quick grass (below). Crab grass,
(a) Hay, in South. A weed, in North. Panicum sanguinale.
(b) Pasture and hay. South. Eleusine Indica. Darnel
(a) Bearded, a noxious weed. Lolium temulentum.
(b) Common. Same as Rye grass (below). Drop seed, fair
for forage and hay. Muhlenbergia, several species.
English grass. Same as Redtop (below). Fowl meadow
grass.
(a) Pasture and hay. Poa serotina.
(b) Hay, on moist land. Gryceria nervata. Gama grass,
cut fodder. South. Tripsacum dactyloides. Grama
grass, grazing. West and Pacific slope. {Bouteloua
oligostachya}, etc. Great bunch grass, pasture and
hay. Far West. Festuca scabrella. Guinea grass, hay.
South. Panicum jumentorum. Herd's grass, in New
England Timothy, in Pennsylvania and South Redtop.
Indian grass. Same as Wood grass (below). Italian
rye grass, forage and hay. Lolium Italicum. Johnson
grass, grazing and hay. South and Southwest. {Sorghum
Halepense}. Kentucky blue grass, pasture. {Poa
pratensis}. Lyme grass, coarse hay. South. Elymus,
several species. Manna grass, pasture and hay.
Glyceria, several species. Meadow fescue, pasture
and hay. Festuca elatior. Meadow foxtail, pasture,
hay, lawn. North. Alopecurus pratensis. Meadow
grass, pasture, hay, lawn. Poa, several species.
Mesquite grass, or Muskit grass. Same as Grama grass
(above). Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed.
Muhlenbergia diffsa. Orchard grass, pasture and hay.
Dactylis glomerata. Porcupine grass, troublesome to
sheep. Northwest. Stipa spartea. Quaking grass,
ornamental. Briza media and maxima. Quitch, or
Quick, grass, etc., a weed. Agropyrum repens. Ray
grass. Same as Rye grass (below). Redtop, pasture
and hay. Agrostis vulgaris. Red-topped buffalo
grass, forage. Northwest. Poa tenuifolia. Reed
canary grass, of slight value. Phalaris arundinacea.
Reed meadow grass, hay. North. Glyceria aquatica.
Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary
grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. Lolium perenne,
var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North.
Hierochloa borealis. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama
grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native
in Northern Europe and Asia. Festuca ovina. Small
reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia
Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as Meadow grass
(above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals.
Seacoast and Northwest. Hordeum jubatum. Switch
grass, hay, cut young. Panicum virgatum. Timothy,
cut young, the best of hay. North. Phleum pratense.
Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus
lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn.
Anthoxanthum odoratum. Wire grass, valuable in
pastures. Poa compressa. Wood grass, Indian grass,
hay. Chrysopogon nutans.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not
true grasses botanically considered, such as black
grass, goose grass, star grass, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Black grass, a kind of small rush (Juncus Gerardi),
growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay.
Grass of the Andes, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum
avenaceum} of Europe.
Grass of Parnassus, a plant of the genus Parnassia
growing in wet ground. The European species is {Parnassia
palustris}; in the United States there are several
species.
Grass bass (Zool.), the calico bass.
Grass bird, the dunlin.
Grass cloth, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the
grass-cloth plant.
Grass-cloth plant, a perennial herb of the Nettle family
(B[oe]hmeria nivea syn. Urtica nivea), which grows in
Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and
strong fibers suited for textile purposes.
Grass finch. (Zool.)
(a) A common American sparrow ({Po["o]c[ae]tes
gramineus}); -- called also vesper sparrow and
bay-winged bunting.
(b) Any Australian finch, of the genus Po["e]phila, of
which several species are known.
Grass lamb, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land
and giving rich milk.
Grass land, land kept in grass and not tilled.
Grass moth (Zool.), one of many small moths of the genus
Crambus, found in grass.
Grass oil, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in
India from grasses of the genus Andropogon, etc.; --
used in perfumery under the name of citronella, {ginger
grass oil}, lemon grass oil, essence of verbena etc.
Grass owl (Zool.), a South African owl (Strix Capensis).
Grass parrakeet (Zool.), any of several species of
Australian parrots, of the genus Euphemia; -- also
applied to the zebra parrakeet.
Grass plover (Zool.), the upland or field plover.
Grass poly (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum
Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson.
Crass quit (Zool.), one of several tropical American
finches of the genus Euetheia. The males have most of
the head and chest black and often marked with yellow.
Grass snake. (Zool.)
(a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus
natrix}).
(b) The common green snake of the Northern United States.
See Green snake, under Green.
Grass snipe (Zool.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa
maculata}); -- called also jacksnipe in America.
Grass spider (Zool.), a common spider (Agelena n[ae]via),
which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered
with dew.
Grass sponge (Zool.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge
from Florida and the Bahamas.
Grass table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Grass vetch (Bot.), a vetch (Lathyrus Nissolia), with
narrow grasslike leaves.
Grass widow. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G.
strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[aum]senka a grass widow.]
(a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.]
(b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or
prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her
husband. [Slang.]
Grass wrack (Bot.) eelgrass.
To bring to grass (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the
surface of the ground.
To put to grass, To put out to grass, to put out to graze
a season, as cattle.
[1913 Webster]Verbena \Ver*be"na\, n. [L. See Vervain.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are
extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers;
vervain.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the
Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites.
--Brewer.
[1913 Webster]
Essence of verbena, Oil of verbena, a perfume prepared
from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly
called grass oil. See Grass oil, under Grass.
Lemon verbena, or Sweet verbena, a shrubby verbenaceous
plant (Lippia citriodora), with narrow leaves which
exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.
[1913 Webster] |
Lemon verbena
(gcide) | Verbena \Ver*be"na\, n. [L. See Vervain.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are
extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers;
vervain.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the
Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites.
--Brewer.
[1913 Webster]
Essence of verbena, Oil of verbena, a perfume prepared
from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly
called grass oil. See Grass oil, under Grass.
Lemon verbena, or Sweet verbena, a shrubby verbenaceous
plant (Lippia citriodora), with narrow leaves which
exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.
[1913 Webster] |
Oil of verbena
(gcide) | Verbena \Ver*be"na\, n. [L. See Vervain.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are
extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers;
vervain.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the
Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites.
--Brewer.
[1913 Webster]
Essence of verbena, Oil of verbena, a perfume prepared
from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly
called grass oil. See Grass oil, under Grass.
Lemon verbena, or Sweet verbena, a shrubby verbenaceous
plant (Lippia citriodora), with narrow leaves which
exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.
[1913 Webster] |
Sweet verbena
(gcide) | Verbena \Ver*be"na\, n. [L. See Vervain.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are
extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers;
vervain.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the
Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites.
--Brewer.
[1913 Webster]
Essence of verbena, Oil of verbena, a perfume prepared
from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly
called grass oil. See Grass oil, under Grass.
Lemon verbena, or Sweet verbena, a shrubby verbenaceous
plant (Lippia citriodora), with narrow leaves which
exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.
[1913 Webster] |
Verbena
(gcide) | Verbena \Ver*be"na\, n. [L. See Vervain.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are
extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers;
vervain.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the
Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites.
--Brewer.
[1913 Webster]
Essence of verbena, Oil of verbena, a perfume prepared
from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly
called grass oil. See Grass oil, under Grass.
Lemon verbena, or Sweet verbena, a shrubby verbenaceous
plant (Lippia citriodora), with narrow leaves which
exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.
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Verbena officinalis
(gcide) | Peristerion \Per`is*te"ri*on\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a dovecote, a
kind of verbena, fr. peristera` a dove, pigeon; cf. L.
peristereon.] (Bot.)
The herb vervain (Verbena officinalis).
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Verbenaceous
(gcide) | Verbenaceous \Ver`be*na"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to a natural order (Verbenaceae) of
gamopetalous plants of which Verbena is the type. The order
includes also the black and white mangroves, and many plants
noted for medicinal use or for beauty of bloom.
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Verbenate
(gcide) | Verbenate \Ver"be*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Verbenated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Verbenating.] [L. verbenatus crowned with a
wreath of sacred boughs. See Verbena.]
To strew with verbena, or vervain, as in ancient sacrifices
and rites.
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Verbenated
(gcide) | Verbenate \Ver"be*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Verbenated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Verbenating.] [L. verbenatus crowned with a
wreath of sacred boughs. See Verbena.]
To strew with verbena, or vervain, as in ancient sacrifices
and rites.
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Verbenating
(gcide) | Verbenate \Ver"be*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Verbenated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Verbenating.] [L. verbenatus crowned with a
wreath of sacred boughs. See Verbena.]
To strew with verbena, or vervain, as in ancient sacrifices
and rites.
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beach sand verbena
(wn) | beach sand verbena
n 1: prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers;
found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja
California [syn: beach sand verbena, pink sand verbena,
Abronia umbellata] |
desert sand verbena
(wn) | desert sand verbena
n 1: soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-
shaped flowers; found in sandy desert soil; after ample
rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the
southwestern United States to northern Mexico [syn: {desert
sand verbena}, Abronia villosa] |
family verbenaceae
(wn) | family Verbenaceae
n 1: family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and
shrubs and trees [syn: Verbenaceae, family Verbenaceae,
verbena family, vervain family] |
genus verbena
(wn) | genus Verbena
n 1: type genus of the Verbenaceae; genus of herbaceous
perennials and subshrubs |
pink sand verbena
(wn) | pink sand verbena
n 1: prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers;
found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja
California [syn: beach sand verbena, pink sand verbena,
Abronia umbellata] |
salvia verbenaca
(wn) | Salvia verbenaca
n 1: Eurasian sage with blue flowers and foliage like verbena;
naturalized in United States [syn: wild sage, {wild
clary}, vervain sage, Salvia verbenaca] |
sand verbena
(wn) | sand verbena
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North
America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena |
sweet sand verbena
(wn) | sweet sand verbena
n 1: taller than Abronia elliptica and having night-blooming
flowers [syn: sweet sand verbena, Abronia fragrans]
2: plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers;
grows in sandy arid regions [syn: snowball, {sweet sand
verbena}, Abronia elliptica] |
verbena family
(wn) | verbena family
n 1: family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and
shrubs and trees [syn: Verbenaceae, family Verbenaceae,
verbena family, vervain family] |
verbenaceae
(wn) | Verbenaceae
n 1: family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and
shrubs and trees [syn: Verbenaceae, family Verbenaceae,
verbena family, vervain family] |
yellow sand verbena
(wn) | yellow sand verbena
n 1: plant having hemispherical heads of yellow trumpet-shaped
flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to British
Columbia [syn: yellow sand verbena, Abronia latifolia] |
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