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lemon verbena

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noun

a plant, Aloysia triphylla, having long, slender leaves with a lemonlike fragrance.

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Nearby words

lemon shark, lemon sole, lemon squash, lemon squeezer, lemon stick, lemon verbena, lemon vine, lemon yellow, lemon-grass oil, lemonade, lemonade berry

Origin of lemon verbena

First recorded in 1865–70
Also called citronalis.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for lemon verbena

  • It would be in Tonys captivating drawing-room, with its cushions and fire-screens, its scent of lemon-verbena and sandalwood.

    The Third Window|Anne Douglas Sedgwick

  • The fragrance of the lemon-verbena tree arose like steam from a haystack, and filled his chamber.

    Armorel of Lyonesse|Walter Besant

  • Frederic is apt to drop in a geranium leaf or a sprig of lemon-verbena, and those are nicer.

    A Little Country Girl|Susan Coolidge

British Dictionary definitions for lemon verbena

lemon verbena

noun

a tropical American verbenaceous shrub, Lippia citriodora, with slender lemon-scented leaves yielding an oil used in perfumery
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012