† ˈhemp-tree Obs.
An old name of the Chaste Tree, Vitex Agnus-castus.
| 1548 Turner Names of Herbes G viij b, Vitex is..a tree and hath leaues lyke Hemp..Wherfore it may be called in englishe Hemp tree, or Chast-tree, or Agnus tree. 1597 Gerarde Herbal (1633) 1388. 1611 Cotgr., Amerine, Agnus castus..chast or hempe tree. |