common valerian

1. 1.

   tall rhizomatous plant having very fragrant flowers and rhizomes used medicinally

   Synonymsgarden heliotropeValeriana officinalis

   Broadervalerian

Questions about common valerian

What does common valerian mean?

common valerian means "tall rhizomatous plant having very fragrant flowers and rhizomes used medicinally".

What is another word for common valerian?

Close synonyms include garden heliotrope, Valeriana officinalis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is common valerian a common word?

common valerian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.