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verbenaceous

[ vur-buh-ney-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. belonging to the plant family Verbenaceae.


verbenaceous

/ ˌvɜːbɪˈneɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of verbenaceous1

1880–85; < New Latin Verbenace ( ae ) ( verbena, -aceae ) + -ous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of verbenaceous1

C19: from New Latin Verbēnāceae, from Medieval Latin: verbena
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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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