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Definition of: betony
(bet′ə·nē) noun plural ·nies
1. A European herb (genus Stachys, formerly Betonica) of the mint family, once used as an emetic.
2. One of various other plants, as a British species of figwort (the water betony), etc. [<F bétoine <L betonica, var. of vettonica <Vettones, a people of Portugal]
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