lemon verbena

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noun

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

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Also called citronalis.

Origin of lemon verbena

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby lemon verbena

lemon shark, lemon sole, lemon squash, lemon squeezer, lemon stick, lemon verbena, lemonwood, lemony, lemon yellow, Le Morte d'Arthur, Lempa

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How to use lemon verbena in a sentence

We brought in Don Lemon, the year that he wrote his book, and I told that story to the audience that was there.
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Twist a large piece of orange zest and a large piece of lemon zest over the drink and drop into the glass.
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We were at the Bitter Lemon now, Furry, Versie, Charley and I, waiting for the crowd to arrive.
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“They all throwed me down,” Furry said, then laughed and told Versie he was going out to play at the Bitter Lemon.
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Think all-tequila margaritas, carne asada tacos spritzed with lemon, key lime pies that are mounds of crust and nothing more.
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Some one had gathered orange and lemon branches, and with these fashioned graceful festoons between.
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The acid is extracted from the juice of the citron, the lime, and the lemon, fruits grown in Sicily and the West Indies.
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Never afterward would she write a word upon lemon-colored paper.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater
She selected a sheet of lemon-colored note paper, and wrote a message, hurriedly, in pencil.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater
When he turns the brush in the cup it makes something like whipped cream, or the top of mother's lemon pies.
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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

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