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agrimony

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈæɡrɪmənɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ag′rə mō′nē)

Inflections of 'agrimony' (n): npl: agrimonies

ag•ri•mo•ny (ag′rə mō′nē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nies.

any plant belonging to the genus Agrimonia, of the rose family, esp. the perennial A. eupatoria, having pinnate leaves and small, yellow flowers.
any of certain other plants, as hemp agrimony or bur marigold.

Latin, as above
Middle French aigremoine
Greek argemó̄nē poppy; replacing Middle English egremoyne
Latin agrimōnia, metathetic variant (perh. by association with ager field) of argemōnia
late Middle English 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

agrimony /ˈæɡrɪmənɪ/ n

any of various N temperate rosaceous plants of the genus Agrimonia, which have compound leaves, long spikes of small yellow flowers, and bristly burlike fruits
any of several other plants, such as hemp agrimony

Etymology: 15th Century: altered from egrimonie (C14), via Old French from Latin agrimōnia, variant of argemōnia from Greek argemōnē poppy

'agrimony' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

eupatorium - hemp agrimony - stitchwort

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