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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 424 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AGRIMONY (from the See also:Lat. agrimonia, a transformation of apye,uUwn, a word of unknown See also:etymology)  , a slender perennial See also:herb (botanical name, Agrimonia See also:Eupatoria, natural See also:order See also:Rosaceae), 11 to 3 ft. high, growing in hedge-See also:banks, copses and See also:borders of See also:fields . The leafy See also:stem ends in spikes of small yellow See also:flowers . The See also:flower-stalk becomes recurved in the fruiting See also:stage, and the See also:fruit bears a number of hooks which enable it to cling to rough See also:objects, such as the coat of an See also:animal, thus ensuring See also:distribution of the See also:seed . The plant is See also:common in See also:Britain and widely spread through the See also:north temperate region . The underground woody stem is astringent and yields a yellow dye . The name has been unsystematically given to several other See also:plants; for instance: See also:bastard, Dutch, See also:hemp or See also:water See also:agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum); See also:noble or three-leaved agrimony (See also:Anemone hepatica); water agrimony (Bidens); and See also:wild agrimony (See also:Potentilla anserina) .

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