agrimony : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: agrimony	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for agrimony
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
agrimony n a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers Synonym(s): agrimonia, agrimony
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Agrimony \Ag"rimony\, 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.