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单词 vitex
释义 vitex|ˈvaɪtɛks|
[L. name used by Pliny for Vitex agnus-castus or a similar shrub, later adopted as a generic name by Linnæus and earlier botanists.]
A deciduous shrub or small tree, often aromatic, of the genus of the same name, belonging to the family Verbenaceæ. Cf. agnus castus.
1608Topsell Serpents 37 The leaves of Vitex..being cast on the coales for a fumigation, doe with theyr vapour chase away venomous beastes.1829[see clerodendrum].1955E. Pound Classic Anthol. i. 71 Vitex in swamp ground, Branched loveliness..Vitex negundo, casting thy flowers in air.1976Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 1161/2 Vitexes do well in any good soil.
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