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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
vervain
    n 1: any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of
         the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously
         colored flowers [syn: verbena, vervain]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Vervain \Ver"vain\, n. [OE. verveine, F. verveine, fr. L.
   verbena, pl. verbenae sacred boughs of laurel, olive, or
   myrtle, a class of plants; cf. verbenaca vervain. Cf.
   Verbena.] (Bot.)
   Any plant of the genus Verbena.
   [1913 Webster]

   Vervain mallow (Bot.), a species of mallow (Malva Alcea)
      with rose-colored flowers.
      [1913 Webster]

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