† hemp-treen.
Obsolete.
An old name of the Chaste Tree, Vitex Agnus-castus.
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agnus castus?a1450
park leaves1545
hemp-tree1548
chaste lamb1562
chaster1570
Abraham's balm1598
vitex1608
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.viijv Vitex is..a tree and hath leaues lyke Hemp... Wherfore it may be called in englishe Hemp tree, or Chast tree, or Agnus tree.
1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1202 In English Chaste Tree, Hempe Tree.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Amerine, Agnus castus..chast or hempe tree.
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