Definitions for Verbena

Verbena ver·be·na

Spelling: [ver-bee-nuh]
IPA: /vərˈbi nə/

Verbena is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 150 anagrams from letters in Verbena (abeenrv).

Definitions for Verbena

noun

  1. any of various plants of the genus Verbena, especially any of several hybrid species cultivated for their showy flower clusters. Compare verbena family.
  2. any of various other plants, as the lemon verbena or sand verbena.

Origin of Verbena

1560-70; Medieval Latin verbēna, Latin: leafy twig; see vervain

Examples for Verbena

Again in the verbena and Salvia, we have scarlet and blue, but no yellow.

Robert took out a little sprig of verbena, which he gave to Dorothea.

The tiny blue to purple flowers of the verbena are grouped in dense heads on decumbent stems.

What, not if I did my eyes with that Euphrasia and verbena officinalis?

He laid the verbena and geranium on her lap, and she took them up mechanically.

This he would eat as he lay in a hot bath full of verbena salts.

The smell of blood delighted him more than frankincense or verbena.

The verbena is one of the most satisfactory garden plants, blooming early.

His chapters on verbena and Artemisia reflect clearly the independence of his thought.

The garden was all ablaze with geranium and verbena, heliotrope and larkspur.

Word Value for Verbena
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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