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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete form of vervain.

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Examples

  • Within minutes, our lobsters were bright red and fully cooked; they became the basis of an incredibly rich dish that paired the lobster meat with an intense cream sauce that we flavored with lobster shell, meat and a dried herb called verveine, more commonly known as verbena.

    NYT > Home Page 2009

  • Within minutes, our lobsters were bright red and fully cooked; they became the basis of an incredibly rich dish that paired the lobster meat with an intense cream sauce that we flavored with lobster shell, meat and a dried herb called verveine, more commonly known as verbena.

    NYT > Home Page 2009

  • Within minutes, our lobsters were bright red and fully cooked; they became the basis of an incredibly rich dish that paired the lobster meat with an intense cream sauce that we flavored with lobster shell, meat and a dried herb called verveine, more commonly known as verbena.

    post-gazette.com - News 2009

  • He plunges his nostrils deeper, A little bit of verveine and a little bit of sweet potato.

    The Best Baguette in Paris Lennox Morrison 2011

  • Dear Mom and Friends: I am quickly checking in, while I wait for the verveine tea to brew (for my sister-in-law, Cécile, and I), here at the hotel in Oualidia, Morocco (Mom, you can Google map it!).

    franc - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • (P.S.: I saw your note in the other comments box, re the red flowers: I think they are verveine?)

    clandestin - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • I love the French soap Provence Santé, in verveine.

    60 Seconds With: Designer Stephen Sills 2011

  • Dear Mom and Friends: I am quickly checking in, while I wait for the verveine tea to brew (for my sister-in-law, Cécile, and I), here at the hotel in Oualidia, Morocco (Mom, you can Google map it!)

    franc - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • ‘I have made you an infusion of verveine,’ he said.

    The Woman in the Fifth Douglas Kennedy 2007

  • ‘I have made you an infusion of verveine,’ he said.

    The Woman in the Fifth Douglas Kennedy 2007

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