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chaste tree

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A shrub native to the Mediterranean region (Vitex agnus-castus).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Traditionally believed to be an anaphrodisiac.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Akkadian: 𒋗𒉡𒌋 (šunû) — shrub
  • Albanian: konopishtë — shrub
  • Albanian: marenë — shrub
  • Arabic: فَقْد (faqd) — shrub
  • Arabic: حَبّ الْفَقد — shrub
  • Arabic: بَنْجَنْكُشْت (banjankušt) — shrub
  • Arabic: سَرْسَاد (sarsād) — shrub
  • Aramaic: ܫܘܢܝܐ (šūnāyā) — shrub
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: שׁוּנָיׇא (šūnāyā) — shrub
  • Armenian: հագնի (hagni) — shrub
  • Old Armenian: հագնի (hagni) — shrub
  • Catalan: aloc — shrub
  • Catalan: pebre foll d'Espanya — shrub
  • Danish: kyskhedstræ — shrub
  • Finnish: siveydenpuu — shrub
  • French: gattilier — shrub
  • Galician: chamariza — shrub
  • Galician: agnocasto — shrub
  • German: Mönchspfeffer — shrub
  • German: Keuschbaum — shrub
  • Ancient Greek: ἄγνος (ágnos) — shrub
  • Ancient Greek: λύγος (lúgos) — shrub
  • Ancient Greek: πεντάφυλλον (pentáphullon) — shrub
  • Italian: agnocasto — shrub
  • Japanese: 西洋人参木 (seiyō ninjinboku) — shrub
  • Lao: ຂີ້ຫັນ (khī han) — shrub
  • Latin: vītex — shrub
  • Persian: پنجانگشت (panj-angošt) — shrub
  • Polish: niepokalanek — shrub
  • Portuguese: agnocasto — shrub
  • Portuguese: pimenteiro silvestre — shrub
  • Russian: витекс свяще́нный (viteks svjaščénnyj) — shrub
  • Russian: авраамово де́рево (avraamovo dérevo) — shrub
  • Serbo-Croatian: коно̀пљика — shrub
  • Serbo-Croatian: фрата̀рскӣ па̏пар — shrub
  • Serbo-Croatian: konòpljika — shrub
  • Serbo-Croatian: fratàrskī pȁpar — shrub
  • Spanish: vitex — shrub
  • Spanish: árbol casto — shrub
  • Spanish: pimiento de los monjes — shrub
  • Spanish: agnocasto — shrub
  • Spanish: sauzgatillo — shrub
  • Swahili: mti safi — shrub
  • Swedish: kyskhetsträd — shrub
  • Turkish: ayıt — shrub
  • Turkish: kadın otu — shrub
  • Ottoman Turkish: آید (ayıd) — shrub