The Collaborative International Dictionary
Verbena \Ver*be"na\, n. [L. See Vervain.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.
Note: Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the
Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites.
--Brewer.
Essence of verbena, Oil of verbena, a perfume prepared from the lemon verbena; also, a similar perfume properly called grass oil. See Grass oil, under Grass.
Lemon verbena, or Sweet verbena, a shrubby verbenaceous plant ( Lippia citriodora), with narrow leaves which exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed.
Wiktionary
n. A deciduous perennial shrub native to South America, sometimes used to flavor foods, (taxlink Aloysia citrodora species noshow=1).
Usage examples of "lemon verbena".
Lippia citriodora, yielding verbena oil, is commonly known as Lemon Verbena.
Her maids rubbed her with soap of olive oil and ash of aloe, then rinsed her in water scented with lemon verbena, and dried her with soft cotton towels.
Arriving in the kitchen, Shimrod kindled a fire and brewed a pot of tea, using horehound for heart, penny-royal for savor and lemon verbena for zest, then took the tea into his day parlour.
For an instant, he was enclosed by the scent of lemon verbena that reminded him of her mother, who had worn no other scent, as perfume was distilled by Satan, while lemon verbena was a leaf from one of God’.
For an instant, he was enclosed by the scent of lemon verbena that reminded him of her mother, who had worn no other scent, as perfume was distilled by Satan, while lemon verbena was a leaf from one of God's fragrant trees.
On Paper Street, Marla and I walk through the garden at night with our bare feet, every step brushing up the smell of sage and lemon verbena and rose geranium.
The air smelled sickly sweet from lemon verbena that simmered on Binnesman's hearth.
Along the ground were planted spearmint, chamomile, lemon verbena, and other spices.
Happiness in others tended to have a chilling effect on Marguerite, who liked nothing better than offering desperate ladies sympathy, and a spotless cambric handkerchief scented with lemon verbena in which they might harvest bitter tears.