Definition of vitex
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Vitex
:a large genus of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees (family Verbenaceae) having divided leaves and forking cymes of small flowers with a short tube and bilabiate limb
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plural vitexes
:any plant of the genus Vitex;
especially
:chaste tree 1
- These are plants we should ask nurseries to grow for us again. We proved with vitex that demand could ensure a steady supply.
- —Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star Telegram, 21 Jan. 2012
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plural vitexes
:chaste tree 2
- He guides them through a careful six-month transition, slowly shifting the balance from drugs to herbs such as vitex and black cohosh.
- —Erika Lenz, Utne Reader, May/June 1999
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