Chaste Tree Definition

noun

Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Vitex, especially two cultivated species (V. agnus-castus and V. negundo) having aromatic, palmately compound leaves and clusters of usually lilac flowers.

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Other Word Forms of Chaste Tree

Noun

Singular:

chaste tree

Plural:

chaste trees

Origin of Chaste Tree

Partial translation of Medieval Latin agnus castus Greek agnos chaste tree (of unknown origin) (but associated by folk etymology with Greek hagnos pure, since it was strewn in bedchambers during Greek religious festivals requiring sexual abstinence ) Latin castus chaste

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition