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单词 lemon verbena
释义

lemon verbena


noun

a plant, Aloysia triphylla, having long, slender leaves with a lemonlike fragrance.
Also called citronalis.

Origin of lemon verbena

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby lemon verbena

lemon shark, lemon sole, lemon squash, lemon squeezer, lemon stick, lemon verbena, lemonwood, lemony, lemon yellow, Le Morte d'Arthur, Lempa
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Example sentences from the Web for lemon verbena

  • It would be in Tonys captivating drawing-room, with its cushions and fire-screens, its scent of lemon-verbena and sandalwood.

    The Third Window|Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • The fragrance of the lemon-verbena tree arose like steam from a haystack, and filled his chamber.

    Armorel of Lyonesse|Walter Besant
  • Frederic is apt to drop in a geranium leaf or a sprig of lemon-verbena, and those are nicer.

    A Little Country Girl|Susan Coolidge

British Dictionary definitions for lemon verbena

lemon verbena

noun

a tropical American verbenaceous shrub, Lippia citriodora, with slender lemon-scented leaves yielding an oil used in perfumery
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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