agrimony

Meaning

1. Any of several perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Agrimonia, that have spikes of yellow flowers.
2. Any of several not closely related plants of a similar appearance.

Synonyms

bur

agrimonia

churchsteeples

harvest-lice

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.mən.i/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: egremoyne

Inherited from Old English: agrimonia

In summary

From Middle English egremoyne, from a conflation of Old English agrimonia and Middle French agremoine (from Old French agremoine, variant of aegremone), both from Late Latin agrimōnia, metathesized from Latin argemōnia (“a kind of poppy”) (probably by association with ager, agri- (“field”)), from Ancient Greek ἀργεμώνη (argemṓnē, “Papaver argemone, prickly poppy”), probably from ἄργεμον (árgemon, “leucoma”), from ἀργός (argós, “white”).