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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chaste tree

▶noun an ornamental shrub with blue or white flowers. [Vitex agnus-castus.]

– origin C16: so named because of its assoc. with chastity in sacrifices to Ceres (the Roman goddess of agriculture).

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