monk's pepper

noun — 2 senses

monk's pepper

noun

Etymology From the cultural notion that monks needed to be chaste, and so (at least, as imagined by users of this word) they may have consumed parts of it as an aid to maintain chastity.

1

The chaste tree.

2

Medicine, Pharmacology, Sciences Historical The fruit or another medicinal product of this tree; chasteberry

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