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agrimony /agˈri-mə-ni/ noun- A perennial herb of a genus (Agrimonia) of the rose family, with small yellow flowers and bitter taste and a rootstock which provides a yellow dye
- Extended to other plants, esp hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum), a composite
ORIGIN: L agrimōnia (a blunder or misreading), from Gr argemōnē long prickly-headed poppy hemp /hemp/ noun- A plant (Cannabis sativa), classified by some as belonging to the mulberry family, Moraceae, but by many now placed in a separate family, Cannabinaceae, yielding a coarse fibre, a narcotic drug, and an oil
- The fibre itself
- The drug
- A similar fibre derived from various other plants (eg Manila, sisal, sunn hemp)
ORIGIN: OE henep, hænep; cf cannabis hempˈen adjective - Made of hemp
- Relating to the hangman's noose or hanging (archaic)
hempˈy adjective - Like hemp
- Roguish
- Romping
noun (Scot)- A rogue
- A romp
- A tomboy
hemp agrimony noun A composite plant (Eupatorium cannabinum) with hemp-like leaves hempen caudle see under caudle hempen widow noun The widow of a man who has been hanged hempˈ-nettle noun A coarse bristly labiate weed (genus Galeopsis) hempˈ-palm noun A palmetto (yielding fibre) hempˈseed noun - The oil-yielding seed of hemp, a bird's food
- Gallows-bird (Shakespeare)
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