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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.

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