单词 | mayweed |
释义 | mayweed[ mey-weed ] / ˈmeɪˌwid / nouna composite plant, Anthemis cotula, native to Europe and Asia but naturalized in North America, having pungent, rank-smelling foliage and flower heads with a yellow disk and white rays. Origin of mayweed1545–55; obsolete mayth mayweed (Middle English maithe,Old English mægtha) + weed1 Words nearby mayweedmayst, mayten, Maytime, may tree, May Two-Four, mayweed, May-White syndrome, May wine, Maywood, mazaedium, mazard Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mayweed
British Dictionary definitions for mayweedmayweed / (ˈmeɪˌwiːd) / nounAlso called: dog fennel, stinking mayweed a widespread Eurasian weedy plant, Anthemis cotula, having evil-smelling leaves and daisy-like flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites) scentless mayweed a similar and related plant, Matricaria maritima, with scentless leaves Word Origin for mayweedC16: changed from Old English mægtha mayweed + weed 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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