hemp-ˈagrimony Herb.
a. A book-name for Eupatorium cannabinum, a composite plant with dull red flowers; also extended to other species. b. water hemp-agrimony, a book-name for Bidens or Bur-Marigold.
| 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. 304 Hemp agrimony, Eupatorium. 1778 Lightfoot Flora Scot. (1789) 461 Bidens, Water⁓hemp-agrimony, or Bur-marygold. Ibid. 464 Eupatorium cannabinum, Hemp-agrimony, Dutch-agrimony. 1893 E. H. Barker Wand. by South. Waters 268 Hemp-agrimony made the bees sing a drowsy song. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 31 Aug. 2/3 Nature had..enriched the banks with..meadow-sweet and hemp-agrimony. 1971 Country Life 17 June 1520/1 The muzzy mauve hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium purpureum). |