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

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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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

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

The banks were covered with trees, and tall reeds, and masses of purple willow herb, and agrimony, and yellow ragwort, which were reflected in the dark waters of quiet pools.

From The Madcap of the School by Balliol Salmon

The desmodium, the bidens, the agrimony and the cocklebur, which stick to your clothes even as late as February, are only using you as a Moses to lead their children to their promised land.

From Some Winter Days in Iowa by Frederick John Lazell

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 L. Lamprey