Editing Vitex agnus-castus (section)

==Etymology and common names==
''Vitex'', its name in [[Pliny the Elder]], is [[Etymology|derived]] from the [[Latin]] ''vieo'', meaning to weave or to tie up, a reference to the use of ''V. agnus-castus'' in basketry.<ref name="quattrocchi2000">Umberto Quattrocchi. 2000. ''CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names'' volume I, page 91. CRC Press: Boca Raton; New York; Washington,DC;, USA. London, UK. {{ISBN|978-0-8493-2673-8}} (set).</ref> Its [[macaronic]] [[Binomial nomenclature|specific name]] ''agnus-castus'' repeats "[[Chastity|chaste]]" in both Greek and Latin; the small tree was considered to be sacred to the virginal goddess [[Hestia]]/[[Vesta (mythology)|Vesta]]. The most common names are "chaste tree", "vitex", and "monk's pepper".<ref name=drugs/>