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VERBENACEAE (La)
Verbena and Teak Family (Le)
verbena, verbenae, = folage, herbage, the leaves, twigs and branches of laurel, olive, or myrtle, cypress, tamarisk, sacred boughs;
(probably from the singular of the Latin verbenae, sacred boughs of olive, laurel and myrtle, used medicinally)
(ld, Le)
VIOLACEAE (La)
Violet Family (Le)
viola, = the violet, the stock-gilliflower; a violet colour, violet.
(ld)
VISCACEAE (G)
Mistletoe Family (Wf)
viscum, = the mistletoe (bird-lime made from the berries of the mistletoe).
(ld)