Ăg'ri-mo-ny, n.

(50), n. [Lat. agrimonia, argemonia, Gr. ἀργεμώνη, Diosc. Said to be from Gr. ἄργεμα, the web or pearl of the eye; from ἀργός, white, which this plant was supposed to cure. Theoph. 887.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Rose group (sub-order Rosaceæ). Loudon.

☞ The Agrimonia eupatoria, or common agrimony, and the A. odorata, are the most important of the species. The former was once highly esteemed as a medical remedy, but is now seldom used.