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agrimony

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Agrimony \Ag"ri*mo*ny\, n. [OE. agremoyne, OF. aigremoine, L.
   agrimonia for argemonia, fr. Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
   (a) A genus of plants of the Rose family.
   (b) The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp
       agrimony ({Eupatorium cannabinum}); water agrimony
       ({Bidens}).

   Note: The {Agrimonia eupatoria}, or common agrimony, a
         perennial herb with a spike of yellow flowers, was once
         esteemed as a medical remedy, but is now seldom used.

Source : WordNet®

agrimony
     n : a plant of the genus Agrimony having spikelike clusters of
         small yellow flowers [syn: {agrimonia}]
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