valerian
A hardy perennial flowering plant, Valeriana officinalis, with heads of sweetly…A hardy perennial flowering plant, Valeriana officinalis, with heads of sweetly scented pink or white flowers.
» Valerian was the first Roman Emperor to be captured as a prisoner of war.
Valerian war der erste römische Kaiser, der im Krieg gefangengenommen wurde. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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4 senses(countable, uncountable)A hardy perennial flowering plant, Valeriana officinalis, with heads of sweetly scented pink or white flowers.
a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers
(countable, uncountable)More generally, any plant of the genus Valeriana.
Baldrian
валериа́наvaleriána, валерья́наvalerʹjána
(uncountable)The root of Valeriana officinalis, used in herbal medicine.
Baldrianwurzel, Baldrian, Katzenbaldrian
одоле́ньodolénʹ, одоле́йodoléj, одоле́яodoléja
одоля́нodolján, валеріа́наvaleriána
(countable, uncountable)An extract of the dried roots of the Valeriana officinalis used in herbal medicine as a sedative.
Baldrianextrakt
валерья́наvalerʹjána, валерья́нкаvalerʹjánka
Examples
1 sentencesValerian was the first Roman Emperor to be captured as a prisoner of war.
deValerian war der erste römische Kaiser, der im Krieg gefangengenommen wurde. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Origin
From Old French valeriane or Medieval Latin valeriāna, a reinterpretation of what is foundFrom Old French valeriane or Medieval Latin valeriāna, a reinterpretation of what is found as German Baldrian after valēre (“to be powerful”) or also the gentilic name Valerius, which is seemingly borrowed in the Dark Age period from the late 6ᵗʰ to early 8ᵗʰ century from Turkic or Proto-Mongolic, when the Pannonian Avars were direct neighbours to the Germans, notably also present in Hungarian bojtorján (“burdock”), ultimately from Proto-Mongolic, reflected as
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plural: valeriansSynonyms
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