valerian : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: valerian	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for valerian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
valerian n a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Valerian \Vale"rian\, 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[82]riane.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Valeriana}. The root of the officinal valerian ({V. officinalis}) has a strong smell, and is much used in medicine as an antispasmodic. {Greek valerian} (Bot.), a plant ({Polemonium c[91]ruleum}) with blue or white flowers, and leaves resembling those of the officinal valerian.