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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: valerian (0.00934 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: valerian
valerian
n : a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected
leaves and cymose white or ink flowers
English → English (gcide)
Definition: 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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