hemp-agrimonyn.
Herbalism.
a. A book-name for Eupatorium cannabinum, a composite plant with dull red flowers; also extended to other species.
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1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. 304 Hemp agrimony, Eupatorium.
1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 464 [Eupatorium cannabinum] Hemp-agrimony, Dutch-agrimony. Anglis.
1893 E. H. Barker Wanderings by S. Waters 268 Hemp-agrimony made the bees sing a drowsy song.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 31 Aug. 2/3 Nature had..enriched the banks with..meadow-sweet and hemp-agrimony.
1971 Country Life 17 June 1520/1 The muzzy mauve hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium purpureum).
b. water hemp-agrimony, a book-name for Bidens or Bur-Marigold.
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1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 461 [Bidens tripartita] Trifid Water-hemp-agrimony, or Bur-marygold. Anglis.
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