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Meanings of verbena in inglés

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verbena

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

verbena
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Examples for "vervain"
Examples for "vervain"
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The faint odor of vervain filled his nostrils, and he breathed quickly.
The Grey Cloak
2
There was still the delicate odor of vervain-her perfume-clingingto it.
The Grey Cloak
3
Only the vervain, normally tallest of the summer herbs, has been holding back.
The new yorker
4
As she left the private assembly that night I caught the odor of vervain.
The Grey Cloak
5
Place the hand in a hot oven that is fired with vervain and fir.
Book of shadows
Usage of verbena in inglés
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From a verbena hard by came the liquid song of a blackcap.
South Wind
2
You were picking a spray of lemon verbena to take to church.
The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American...
3
The insidiously alluring perfume of sand verbena rose like altar incense around them.
Her Father's Daughter
4
She's back under the oak tree, I'm back in the verbena.
Sympathy for the devil
5
The air smelled sickly sweet from lemon verbena that simmered on Binnesman's hearth.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
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She sat with her head a little bent, scenting her verbena.
Verner's Pride
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For large, Cherry currants, quart and verbena baskets are often used.
Success with Small Fruits
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In the farthest corner there was lemon verbena, lemon thyme, and lemon balm.
Practical Magic
9
Instead of deodorant, David wore powder under his arms that smelled like verbena.
The double bind
10
Vanilla, patchuli, verbena, wild wandering honeysuckle- ahundredother scents-perfumedthe light, warm air.
Remember the Alamo
11
When I swiped at the tears, I rubbed verbena bubbles into my eyes.
She, myself & i
12
They smelled of the lemon verbena my mother used to grow.
Shadow of an angel
13
Fermented rhubarb replaces sour tamarind and lemon verbena oil stands in for curry leaves.
The Irish Times
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Which leaves us with lemon verbena, a reputedly tricky plant.
The Guardian
15
Watch the difference which a glowing pomegranate blossom or a scarlet verbena will make.
Dora Thorne
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Bathe and dress them properly, scent them with lemon verbena.
House of Bathory
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verbena
Verbena through the time
Verbena across language varieties
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