A genus of flowering plants in the rose family, commonly known as agrimony; also the plant itself, valued for medicinal and herbal uses.
From Latin 'agrimonia,' which may derive from Greek 'argemone' (a plant that heals wounds). The etymology is debated, but the word appeared in medieval herbals as a recognized medicinal plant.
Medieval healers believed agrimony could draw out splinters and heal wounds through some kind of magical sympathetic power—but it actually works because it's astringent, making it genuinely useful for wound care in ways they couldn't quite explain.
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