Agnus castus

Ag·nus cas·tus

Agnus castus

[Gr. a willowlike tree, used at a religious festival; confused with holy, chaste.]

A species of Vitex (Vitex agnus castus); the chaste tree. (Bot.)
And wreaths of agnus castus others bore.
— Dryden.

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