rare. [Anglicized f. VERBENA.]
† 1. (See VERBENA 1.) Obs.
1533. Bellenden, Livy (S.T.S.), I. 54. ‘Deliuer to me,’ said þe ffeciall, ‘the herbe namyt verbene.’ Ibid., 55. This fecial … twichit baith his lede and his hare with þe herbe verbene.
2. A plant of the order Verbenaceæ.
1846. Lindley, Veg. Kingd., 663. The properties of Verbenes are much the same as those of Labiates. Ibid., 664. By far the most interesting plant … belonging to the Order of Verbenes is the Teak.
1879. Cassell’s Encycl. Dict., Aloysia,… a genus of plants belonging to the … Verbenes.
