Vervain: 1 definition
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Vervain means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Vervain in Common names is the name of a plant defined with Stachytarpheta cayennensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Valerianoides dichotoma (Ruiz & Pav.) Voss (among others).
2) Vervain in English is also identified with Verbena lasiostachys It has the synonym Verbena lasiostachys Link var. septentrionalis Moldenke (etc.).
3) Vervain is also identified with Verbena officinalis It has the synonym Verbena setosa M. Martens & Galeotti.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Botanical Gazette, or ‘Paper of Botanical Notes’ (1944)
· Bulletin de l’Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-lettres de Bruxelles (1844)
· Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. (1822)
· Report (Annual) of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1893)
· Phytologia (1963)
· Phytologia (1940)
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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Ends with: American blue vervain, Bastard vervain, Blue vervain, Bracted vervain, Common vervain, Creeping vervain, Dakota mock vervain, Davis mountain mock vervain, European vervain, Hoary vervain, Jamaica vervain, Prostrate vervain, Seashore vervain, Western vervain, White vervain.
Full-text: Hoary vervain, Dakota mock vervain, Jamaica vervain, European vervain, Blue vervain, Western vervain, American blue vervain, White vervain, Common vervain, Seashore vervain, Creeping vervain, Bastard vervain, Macdougal's vervain, Davis mountain mock vervain, Prostrate vervain, Bracted vervain, Harenu.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Note on the “hand of glory” < [Notes]
Taliesin (by David William Nash)