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 | | The older spelling was Argemony, and Pliny calls it argemonia, from the Greek argemos, a white speck on the eye, which this plant was supposed to cure. |
 | | This is the eupatorium of Avicenne (bastard, Dutch, water, or hemp agrimony), which has composite leaves, three to five lobes lanceolate - "acumines," dentate, similar to those of hemp. |
 | | Hemp, or Cannabis -- Cannibus sativa or Eupatorium cannabinum (known as hemp agrimony) -- 1. |
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