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单词 agrimony
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ag•ri•mo•ny  (agrə mō′nē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nies. 
  1. any plant belonging to the genus Agrimonia, of the rose family, esp. the perennial A. eupatoria, having pinnate leaves and small, yellow flowers.
  2. 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
  1. 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
  2. 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
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