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noun, feminine

verbena

/beɾˈbena/

noun, feminine/beɾˈbena/plural: verbenas

verbena (Verbena, a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain); a night-time fair or party

Inherited from Old Spanish berbena, possibly borrowed from Latin verbēna (see also Lithuanian virbas (“twig, branch, scion, rod”)). Cognate with Middle Dutch warp, Middle Low German warp, German Warf, Danish varp, Swedish varp.