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verbenaceous
[ vur-buh-ney-shuhs ]
adjective
- belonging to the plant family Verbenaceae.
verbenaceous
/ ˌvɜːbɪˈneɪʃəs /
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the Verbenaceae, a family of herbaceous and climbing plants, shrubs, and trees, mostly of warm and tropical regions, having tubular typically two-lipped flowers: includes teak, lantana, vervain, and verbena
Word History and Origins
Origin of verbenaceous1
Word History and Origins
Origin of verbenaceous1
Example Sentences
Gervao, ger-v�′o n. a small medicinal verbenaceous shrub of the West Indies, &c.
Gmelina, mel′i-na, n. a genus of verbenaceous trees.
The descent was steep, we soon came on Callicarpa arborea, Celtis megala, Pogostemon, Stemodia grandiflora; this was about 4,300 feet, where a clearing had been commenced: close to this I observed Martynia, Pteris, Composita arborea, Desmodium vestilum, Flemingia, and gathered at 4,000 feet a Verbenaceous shrub, looking like a Plumbago, and a Bœhmeria; continuing, without descending much, I came on Pinus, Rhododendron, Gaultheria.
This is the Lantana mixta, a verbenaceous plant introduced from the West Indies, which appears to have found in Ceylon a soil and climate exactly suited to it.
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