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Word: valerian (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A hardy perennial flowering plant, ''Valeriana officinalis'', with heads of sweetly scented pink or white flowers.
  • More generally, any plant of the genus Valeriana.
  • uncountable The root of ''Valeriana officinalis'', used in herbal medicine.

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Proper noun:

  • the Roman emperor, ''Publius Licinius Valerianus''

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