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Meaning of AGNUS CASTUS

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ag"nus cas"tus\ [Gr. ? a willowlike tree, used at
a religious festival; confused with ? holy, chaste.] (Bot.)
A species of {Vitex} ({V. agnus castus}); the chaste tree.
--Loudon.
      And wreaths of agnus castus others bore. --Dryden.
 
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