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Webster 1913 Edition

Agrimony

Ag′ri-mo-ny

,
Noun.
[OE.
agremoyne
, OF.
aigremoine
, L.
agrimonia
for
argemonia
, fr. Gr. [GREEK].]
(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
).
☞ 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Agrimony

AG'RIMONY

,
Noun.
[L. agremonia, from the Gr. Thus it is written by Pliny. But in lower Latin it is written agrimonia. Said to be from Gr. the web or pearl of the eye from white, which this plant was supposed to cure. See Theoph 887.]
A genus of plants, of several species. Of these, the eupatoria or common agrimony, and the odorata or sweet scented, are the most useful.

Definition 2024

agrimony

agrimony

English

Noun

agrimony ‎(plural agrimonies)

  1. Any of several perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Agrimonia, that have spikes of yellow flowers.
  2. Any of several unrelated plants of a similar appearance.

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Etymology

From Middle English egremoyne, from a conflation of Old English agrimonia and Middle French agremoine (from Old French agremoine, variant of aegremone), both from Late Latin agrimōnia, metathesized from Latin argemōnia ‎(“a kind of poppy”) (probably by association with ager, agri- ‎(“field”)), from Ancient Greek ἀργεμώνη ‎(argemṓnē, “Papaver argemone, wild-rose”), probably from ἄργεμον ‎(árgemon, “leucoma”), from ἀργός ‎(argós, “white”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡrᵻ.mən.i/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæ.ɡrəˌmoʊ.ni/

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