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agrimony

/ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.mən.i/US/ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌmoʊ.ni/

agrimony noun: any of several perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Agrimonia, that have spikes of yellow flowers.

agrimony: any of several perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Agrimonia, that have spikes of yellow...
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Noun

agrimony (plural agrimonies)

  1. Any of several perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Agrimonia, that have spikes of yellow flowers.
    • I grant, my Pils are bitter, I, and costly; / But their effects are rare, Diuine, and holsome, […] / I grant, theres bitter Egrimony in vm, / And Antimony, I put mony in all still: / And it works preciously […]1620, Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, The World Tossed at Tennis, London
    • So he put the four shoes in a graceful group on the turf and looked at them. And seeing them there among the grass and springing agrimony, it suddenly occurred to him that both pairs were exceedingly ugly to see.1897, H. G. Wells, chapter 9, in The Invisible Man, New York: Pocket Books, published 1957, page 41
  2. Any of several not closely related plants of a similar appearance.

agrimony meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Persian

agrimony in Tamil

ரோசாச் செடியினம்

agrimony in Arabic

plant of the genus Agrimonia
غَافِث ḡāfiṯ

agrimony in Persian

plant of the genus Agrimonia
غافث ġâfes, ġâfas, جگردارو jegardâru

Forms of agrimony

pluralagrimonies

Origin of agrimony

From Middle English egremoyne, from a conflation of Old English agrimonia and Middle French agremoine (from Old French agremoine, variant of aegremone), both from Late Latin agrimōnia, metathesized from Latin argemōnia (“a kind of poppy”) (probably by association with ager, agri- (“field”)), from Ancient Greek ἀργεμώνη (argemṓnē, “Papaver argemone, prickly poppy”), probably from ἄργεμον (árgemon, “leucoma”), from ἀργός (argós, “white”).

Words formed from agrimony

Questions about agrimony

What does agrimony mean?
Agrimony means any of several perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Agrimonia, that have spikes of yellow flowers.
What is agrimony in Tamil?
Agrimony in Tamil is ரோசாச் செடியினம். See Agrimony meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is agrimony?
Agrimony is a noun.
How do you pronounce agrimony?
Agrimony is pronounced /ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.mən.i/ (UK).
What is the plural of agrimony?
The plural of agrimony is agrimonies.

Words near agrimony in the dictionary

  1. agrimetrics
  2. agrimi
  3. agrimis
  4. agrimonies
  5. agrimoniin
  6. agrimony
  7. agrimotor
  8. agrimotors
  9. agrin
  10. agrindustries
  11. agrindustry

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