Vervain

Definition: Vervain

Vervain

Noun

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

Date "vervain" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1855. (references)

Etymology: Vervain \Ver"vain\, noun. [from Old English expression verveine, French verveine, from the Latin expression verbena, plural verbenae sacred boughs of laurel, olive, or myrtle, class of plants; compare to verbenaca vervain. Compare to Verbena.]. (Websters 1913)

"Vervain" is a common misspelling or typo for: certain, overlain, pertain, terrain, verbatim, verdant, versant, verve.

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Vervain Called "holy herb," from its use in ancient sacred rites. Also called "pigeons' grass," "Juno's tears," and "simpler's joy." Supposed to cure scrofula, the bite of rabid animals, to arrest the diffusion of poison, to avert antipathies, to conciliate friendships, and to be a pledge of mutual good faith; hence it was anciently worn by heralds and ambassadors. (See Roodselken. ) Verbena is the botanical name. "The term Verbena (quasi herbena) originally denoted all those herbs that were held sacred on account of their being employed in the rites of sacrifice."- Mill: Logic, book iv. chap. v. p. 485. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonym: Vervain

Synonym: verbena (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Vervain

English words defined with "vervain": Peristerion ♦ Simpler's joy ♦ Verbenate, vervain family, Vervain mallow, vervain sage. (references)

Specialty definitions using "vervain": Divine Plant ♦ Herba Sacra ♦ Roodselken ♦ Sacred Weed. (references)

"Vervain" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Vervain" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

Expressions using "vervain": BLUE VERVAIN ♦ vervain family ♦ vervain mallow ♦ vervain sage. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "vervain"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏رعى الحمام نبات. (various references)

Bulgarian		върбинка. (various references)

Czech		sporýš. (various references)

Danish		verbena (holy wort, verbena), jernurt (aconite, holy wort, verbena). (various references)

Dutch		verbena (holy wort, verbena), ijzerhard (holy wort, verbena). (various references)

Finnish		rohtorautayrtti (holy herb). (various references)

French		verveine (verbena). (various references)

German		Eisenkraut (holy wort, verbena). (various references)

Greek		σταυρόχορτο (holy herb), σταυροβότανο (holy herb), γοργόγιαννη (holy herb), βερβένα (holy herb), ιερατάνη (holy wort, verbena), λουΐζα (holy wort, lemon-scented verbena, verbena), αϊγιάννης (holy herb). (various references)

Hungarian		vasfû (verbena). (various references)

Italian		verbena (holy wort, verbena). (various references)

Manx		vervine (verbena), lus (herb, leek, plant). (various references)

Pig Latin		ervainvay

Portuguese		verbena (holy wort, verbena). (various references)

Russian		вербена (lantana, verbena). (various references)

Scottish		bearbhain. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		vrbena (verbena). (various references)

Spanish		verbena (fair, festival, holy wort, verbena). (various references)

Swedish		verbena (verbena), järnört (verbena). (various references)

Turkish		mine çiçeği. (various references)

Ukranian		вербена (verbena). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Verbena officinalis. (various references)
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "vervain": vervains. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-n-r-v-v"
	-1 letter: naiver, ravine, vainer.
	-2 letters: aiver, invar, naevi, naive, raven, ravin, riven, varve.
	-3 letters: airn, aver, earn, nave, near, nevi, rain, rani, rave, rein, rive, vain, vair, vane, vein, vena, vera, vier, vina, vine, viva, vive.
	-4 letters: ain, air, ane, ani, are, ave, ear, era, ern, ire, nae, ran, rei, rev, ria, rin, van, var, vav, via, vie.
	-5 letters: ae, ai, an, ar, en, er, in, na, ne, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-n-r-v-v"
	+1 letter: vervains.
	+3 letters: oversaving, renovative, survivance, vivandiere.
	+4 letters: overvaluing, survivances, vivandieres.
	+5 letters: aversiveness, conservative, overfavoring, preventative.
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