| 释义 |
verˈbene rare.
[Anglicized f. verbena.]
†1. (See verbena 1.) Obs.
1533Bellenden Livy (S.T.S.) I. 54 ‘Deliuer to me,’ said þe ffeciall, ‘the herbe namyt verbene’. Ibid. 55 This fecial..twichit baith his hede and his hare with þe herbe verbene.
2. A plant of the order Verbenaceæ.
1846Lindley Veg. Kingd. 663 The properties of Verbenes are much the same as those of Labiates. Ibid. 664 By far the most interesting plant..belonging to the Order of Verbenes is the Teak. 1879Cassell's Encycl. Dict., Aloysia,..a genus of plants belonging to the..Verbenes. |