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Webster 1913 Edition

Agnus castus

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Ag′nus cas′tus

.

[Gr. [GREEK] a willowlike tree, used at a religious festival; confused with [GREEK] holy, chaste.]

(Bot.)

A species of

Vitex

(

Vitex agnus castus

); the chaste tree.

Loudon.

And wreaths of

agnus castus

others bore.

Dryden.