valerian

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My twisted valerian is a poor race, and hardly anything can be done with it.

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  1. noun A plant of the genus Valeriana, especially V. officinalis, native to Eurasia and widely cultivated for its small, fragrant, white to pink or lavender flowers and for use in medicine.
  2. noun The dried rhizomes of this plant, used medicinally as a sedative.

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  • She sipped her valerian-and-mint tea and was nodding off before she'd finished the third page. —  The Flight of the Wren
  • I'd drunk too much valerian, and I washed it down with wine. —  Meredith Blevins - [Szabo 01] - The Hummingbird Wizard
  • And hey, if yoga and valerian-root work for you, awesome. —  murderati
  • And, as Shives says of melatonin, valerian, and similar substances, "Nobody's regulating this stuff." —  Resonance Partnership Blog
  • While the relaxation drinks have different flavors and ingredients, they all contain nutritional supplements known for their calming effects, such as valerian root, melatonin and chamomile.
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  1. Middle English, from Old French valeriane, from Medieval Latin valeriāna, probably from feminine of Latin Valeriānus, of Valeria, Roman province where the plant originated.

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  1. Early modern English valeryan; from Middle English valerian, from Old French valeriane, French valériane = Provencal Spanish Portuguese Italian Valeriana = Dutch valeriaan = Danish Valeriana, from Middle Latin Valeriana, valerian, prob. from Latin Valerianus or Valerius, a personal name, from valere, be strong: see valiant
 

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/vəˈliriən/
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