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agnus castusnoun
A tree, Vitex agnus-castus, formerly believed to preserve chastity.
Etymology: From ἄγνος, confused with ἁγνός; + by reinforcement castus.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
AGNUS CASTUSnoun
The name of the tree commonly called the Chaste Tree, from an imaginary virtue of preserving chastity.
Etymology: Lat.
Of laurel some, of woodbine many more,
And wreathes of agnus castus others bore. Dryden.
Wikipedia
agnus castus
Vitex agnus-castus, also called vitex, chaste tree (or chastetree), chasteberry, Abraham's balm, lilac chastetree, or monk's pepper, is a native of the Mediterranean region. It is one of the few temperate-zone species of Vitex, which is on the whole a genus of tropical and sub-tropical flowering plants. Theophrastus mentioned the shrub several times, as agnos (άγνος) in Enquiry into Plants. It has been long believed to be an anaphrodisiac – leading to its name as chaste tree – but its effectiveness for such action remains unproven.Vitex is a cross-pollinating plant, but its self-pollination has been recorded.
Webster Dictionary
Agnus castus
a species of Vitex (V. agnus castus); the chaste tree
Etymology: [Gr. a willowlike tree, used at a religious festival; confused with holy, chaste.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of agnus castus in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of agnus castus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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