Agrimony

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}).


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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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