Found 2 items, similar to chamomile.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: chamomile
chamomile
n : Eurasian plant apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers
and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some
classification systems placed in genus Anthemis [syn:
camomile,
Chamaemelum nobilis,
Anthemis nobilis]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Chamomile
Camomile
\Cam"o*mile\, Chamomile
\Cham"o*mile\
(k[a^]m"[-o]*m[imac]l), n. [LL. camonilla, corrupted fr. Gr.
chamai`mhlon, lit. earth apple, being so called from the
smell of its flower. See
Humble, and
Melon.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbs (
Anthemis) of the Composite family. The
common camomile,
Anthemis nobilis, is used as a popular
remedy. Its flowers have a strong and fragrant and a bitter,
aromatic taste. They are tonic, febrifugal, and in large
doses emetic, and the volatile oil is carminative.
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Chamomile
\Cham"o*mile\, n. (Bot.)
See
Camomile.
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