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

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