verbenaceous

American  

[vur-buh-ney-shuhs] / ˌvɜr bəˈneɪ ʃəs /

adjective

1. belonging to the plant family Verbenaceae.

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verbenaceous British  

/ ˌvɜːbɪˈneɪʃəs /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Verbenaceae, a family of herbaceous and climbing plants, shrubs, and trees, mostly of warm and tropical regions, having tubular typically two-lipped flowers: includes teak, lantana, vervain, and verbena

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Etymology

Origin of verbenaceous

1880–85; < New Latin Verbenace ( ae ) ( see verbena, -aceae) + -ous

Example Sentences

This is the Lantana mixta, a verbenaceous plant introduced from the West Indies, which appears to have found in Ceylon a soil and climate exactly suited to it.

From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel

Gervao, ger-v�′o n. a small medicinal verbenaceous shrub of the West Indies, &c.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Gmelina, mel′i-na, n. a genus of verbenaceous trees.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various