agrimony

American  

[ag-ruh-moh-nee] / ˈæg rəˌmoʊ ni /

noun

• agrimonies
  plural

1. any plant belonging to the genus Agrimonia, of the rose family, especially the perennial A. eupatoria, having pinnate leaves and small, yellow flowers.

2. any of certain other plants, as hemp agrimony or bur marigold.

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agrimony British  

/ ˈæɡrɪmənɪ /

noun

1. 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

2. any of several other plants, such as hemp agrimony

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• agrimonies
  plural

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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

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Example Sentences

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agrimony

"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

The narrow path winding through the vineyards was bordered with cat-mint, agrimony, vervain, and camomile.

From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Edward Harrison Barker

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 Edward Harrison Barker

There was quite a clearing in the middle, with soft, mossy grass and clumps of hemp agrimony, and actually a small apple-tree with nine apples upon it.

From The Madcap of the School by Balliol Salmon

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

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