hĭĕrābŏtănē: (also separately hie-ra botane), ēs, f., = ἱερὰ βοτάνη> (sacred plant),I a plant, also called verbenaca, vervain, Verbena officinalis, Linn.; Plin. 25, 9, 59, § 105; Scrib. Comp. 163.