n. 马鞭草

[ noun ]
any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers
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Verbena \Ver*be"na\, n. [L. See {Vervain}.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are
extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers;
vervain.

Note: Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the
Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites.
--Brewer.

{Essence of verbena}, {Oil of verbena}, a perfume prepared
from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly
called {grass oil}. See {Grass oil}, under {Grass}.

{Lemon verbena}, or {Sweet verbena}, a shrubby verbenaceous
plant ({Lippia citriodora}), with narrow leaves which
exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.