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Found 2 items, similar to Greek valerian.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Greek valerian
Greek valerian
n 1: erect or spreading perennial of the eastern United States
[syn:
Polemonium reptans]
2: pinnate-leaved European perennial having bright blue or
white flowers [syn:
Jacob's ladder,
charity,
Polemonium caeruleum
,
Polemonium van-bruntiae,
Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Greek valerian
Valerian
\Va*le"ri*an\, n. [LL. valeriana, perhaps from some
person named Valerius, or fr. L. valere to be strong.
powerful, on account of its medicinal virtues: cf. F.
val['e]riane.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus
Valeriana. The root of the officinal
valerian (
Valeriana officinalis) has a strong smell, and is
much used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
[1913 Webster]
Greek valerian (Bot.), a plant (
Polemonium c[ae]ruleum)
with blue or white flowers, and leaves resembling those of
the officinal valerian.
[1913 Webster]
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