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red valerian
noun
- a bushy valerian, Centranthus ruber, of Europe and southwestern Asia, having many fragrant red, crimson, or white flowers.
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Origin of red valerian1
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Example Sentences
Masses of red valerian, and some of the graceful bright rose-bay willow-herb, give colour to the banks and overhang the walls.
It is not spurred as in the case of the Red Valerian (p. 302), but the base of the tube is pouched on one side.
Here, as in Sicily, the old lava is overgrown with prickly pear and red valerian.
The old wall is, however, growing gay with another plant--the Red Valerian.
It grows on walls and rocks, as the Red Valerian does, but it is a very different plant in appearance.
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