agrimony

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ag=ri=mo=ny

CIDE DICTIONARY

agrimony, n. [OE. agremoyne, OF. aigremoine, L. agrimonia for argemonia, fr. Gr. .].

 A genus of plants of the Rose family.  [1913 Webster]
" 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."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

agrimony, n. (pl. -ies) any perennial plant of the genus Agrimonia, esp. A. eupatoria with small yellow flowers.

Etymology

ME f. OF aigremoine f. L agrimonia alt. of argemonia f. Gk argemone poppy