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Chaste tree

Chaste \Chaste\ (ch[=a]st), a. [F. chaste, from L. castus pure, chaste; cf. Gr. kaqaro`s pure, Skr. [,c]udh to purify.]

  1. Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent. ``As chaste as Diana.''
    --Shak.

    Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced.
    --Milton.

  2. Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes.

  3. Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art.

    That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence, the Book of Common Prayer.
    --Macaulay.

  4. Unmarried. [Obs.]
    --Chaucer.

    Syn: Undefiled; pure; virtuous; continent; immaculate; spotless.

    Chaste tree. Same as Agnus castus.

Wiktionary
chaste tree

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

Usage examples of "chaste tree".

Meriam tried nettle tea and parsley, but after a few beads of clear fluid welled up on her nipples, she went dry and no matter what Meriam tried, fennel, strips of meat mashed into a soft pulp, an infusion of vervain or of chaste tree, her breasts produced nothing more.