agrimony
Americannoun
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any plant belonging to the genus Agrimonia, of the rose family, especially the perennial A. eupatoria, having pinnate leaves and small, yellow flowers.
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any of certain other plants, as hemp agrimony or bur marigold.
noun
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any of various N temperate rosaceous plants of the genus Agrimonia, which have compound leaves, long spikes of small yellow flowers, and bristly burlike fruits
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any of several other plants, such as hemp agrimony
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Etymology
Origin of agrimony
1350–1400; late Middle English < Latin agrimōnia, metathetic variant (perhaps by association with ager field) of argemōnia < Greek argemṓnē poppy; replacing Middle English egremoyne < Middle French aigremoine < Latin, as above
Example Sentences
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"I was pressed to think of a description less likely to help me identify agrimony when I saw it."
From The Guardian ● May 31, 2012
Is not ——'s last novel a better antidote against melancholy, stupendously absurd as it is, than foalfoot or plantain, featherfew or savin, agrimony or saxifrage, or any other herb in old Robert Burton's pharmacopoeia?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 by Various
Yellow spikes of agrimony and the fine pink flowers of the musk-mallow mingled with the wiry broom and the waving bracken about the rocks.
From Two Summers in Guyenne by Barker, Edward Harrison
Their look was sure death, but they could be poisoned by a draught compounded of agrimony, dill and vervain.
From Masters of the Guild by Lamprey, L.
He wanted agrimony, but did not see any; but he did find yarrow in abundance.
From The Hero of Ticonderoga or Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys by De Morgan, John
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