agnus castus
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἄγνος (ágnos), confused with ἁγνός (hagnós, “chaste”); + by reinforcement (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin castus (“chaste”).
Noun
agnus castus (plural agnus castuses)
- A tree, Vitex agnus-castus, formerly believed to preserve chastity.
- Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, II.4.1.iii, 1813, Volume 2, page 94:
- […] some herbs provoke lust; some again, as agnus castus, waterlilly, quite extinguish seed […] .
- Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, II.4.1.iii, 1813, Volume 2, page 94:
Synonyms
Translations
chaste tree — see chaste tree
Further reading
- agnus castus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Vitex agnus-castus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies