Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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 caeruleum})
with blue or white flowers, and leaves resembling those of
the officinal valerian.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
valerian
n 1: a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected
leaves and cymose white or pink flowers
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