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monk pepper tree

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chaste tree

–noun
a shrub or small tree, Vitex agnus-castus, of southern Europe, having aromatic, hairy leaves and long clusters of fragrant, pale lilac-blue flowers.


Origin:
1555–65; trans. of L agnus castus, var. of agnos castus (by influence of agnus lamb) < Gk ágnos kind of willow + L castus chaste, reinforcement of the idea thought to be in ágnos by confusion with Gk hagnós pure
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