A plant with small yellow flowers and hairy seed pods, belonging to the rose family and used traditionally as a medicinal herb for digestive and wound-healing purposes.
From Latin 'agrimonia,' possibly from Greek 'argemone.' The word entered English through Old French and has been used since medieval times to describe this healing herb.
Agrimony was so famous in the Middle Ages that it appears in herbals alongside frankincense and myrrh—and it's still used today in herbal medicine, making it one of the few medieval remedies with actual staying power.
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