vervain

英 ['vɜːveɪn] 美
  • n. [植] 马鞭草;马鞭草属植物

英英释义


1. any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers

英文词源


vervain (n.)
herbaceous plant much valued medicinally in Middle Ages, late 14c., from Old French verveine (13c.), from Latin verbena (see verbena).