Vervain (disambiguation)
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Vervain is the common name of plant
s of the genus
Verbena
.
It can also refer to:
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
s of the genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Verbena
Verbena
Verbena , verbenas or vervains, is a genus in the family Verbenaceae. It contains about 250 species of annual and perennial herbaceous or semi-woody flowering plants. The majority of the species are native to the New World from Canada south to southern Chile, but some are also native in the Old...
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It can also refer to:
- The 25th day of Prairial in the French Republican Calendar, corresponding to June 15 in the Gregorian calendar.
- HMS Vervain (K190)HMS Vervain (K190)HMS Vervain was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War.On 28 February 1943 the liberty ship SS Wade Hampton was torpedoed by U-405 while sailing in a convoy from New York to Murmansk, Russia...
, a Royal Navy Group 2 Flower class corvette. - Vervain (Watership Down), one of the Efrafan rabbits from the novel Watership Down.
- Oncle Vervain, a character in the 2000 Anne Rice novel MerrickMerrick (novel)Merrick is the seventh book in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles series. This book brings together Rice's vampires and the Mayfair Witches.-Plot summary:...
- One of the planets in the Vorkosigan SagaVorkosigan SagaThe Vorkosigan Saga is a series of science fiction novels and short stories set in a common fictional universe by American author Lois McMaster Bujold. Most of these were published between 1986 and 2002, with the exceptions being “Winterfair Gifts” and Cryoburn...
universe - A track on the Daniel Dumile album Special Herbs, Vols. 9 & 0Special Herbs, Vols. 9 & 0Special Herbs, Vols. 9 & 0 is an instrumental album released by Daniel Dumile under the moniker Metal Fingers. As with all volumes of Special Herbs released by Metal Fingers, each track is named after a herb or similar flora .Although an instrumental album, some tracks contain sampled speech, such...
. - A track on the Faith and the Muse debut album ElyriaElyria (album)Elyria is the debut studio album by Faith and the Muse.-Track listing:-Credits:*All instruments and voices performed by William Faith and Monica Richards*Mastered by Tom Baker at Future Disc Systems, Hollywood, California...
- The swedish hardcore punk band VerVain
- In The Vampire DiariesThe Vampire DiariesThe Vampire Diaries is a young adult vampire horror series of novels written by L. J. Smith. The story centers around Elena Gilbert, a high school girl torn between two vampire brothers. The series was originally a trilogy published in 1991, but pressure from readers led Smith to write a fourth...
: The herb that has the power to weaken a vampire, and it protects humans from their mind control.