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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}). 
 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  agrimony 
  n  :  a  plant  of  the  genus  Agrimony  having  spikelike  clusters  of 
  small  yellow  flowers  [syn:  {agrimonia}] 




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