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Agnus castus
Agnus castus Ag"nus cas"tus [Gr. ? a willowlike tree, used at a religious festival; confused with ? holy, chaste.] (Bot.) A species of Vitex (V. agnus castus); the chaste tree. --Loudon. And wreaths of agnus castus others bore. --Dryden.

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- Vitex agnus-castus (also called vitex, chaste tree / chastetree, chasteberry, Abraham's balm, lilac chastetree, or monk's pepper) is a plant native of...
- names include chaste tree or chastetree, traditionally referring to V. agnus-castus, but often applied to other species, as well. Species of Vitex are native...
- Look up castus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Castus is a Latin word meaning clean and pure. Lucius Artorius Castus, Roman general Castus and Emilius...
- historic influences. This extended in 1972 with the performance Vitex Agnus Castus in Naples, of combining female and male elements and evoking much else...
- flavone glucoside, a chemical compound found in the p****ion flower, Vitex agnus-castus (chaste tree or chasteberry), in the Phyllostachys nigra bamboo leaves...
- between the Ricinus plant that produces it and another plant, the Vitex agnus-castus. An alternative etymology, though, suggests that it was used as a replacement...
- Agnuside is a chemical compound found in Vitex agnus-castus. Agnuside is the ester of aucubin and p-hydroxybenzoic acid. Eva Hoberg, Beat Meier and Otto...
- evidence was deemed insufficient.[citation needed] Chasteberry (Vitex agnus-castus) Goat's rue (Galega officinalis) Other herbals that have been claimed...
- differ on the origin of the second part: it may be from ἄγνος, Vitex agnus-castus, the chaste tree, or from the Gr**** name for a kind of willow. In either...
- Hestia, asteroid named after the goddess Sacred fire of Vesta Vitex agnus-castus Zalmoxis Estia, daily broadsheet newspaper named after Hestia Graves...