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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024may•weed (mā′wēd′),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologya 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.
- obsolete mayth mayweed (Middle English maithe, Old English mægtha) + weed1 1545–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mayweed /ˈmeɪˌwiːd/ n - Also 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
Etymology: 16th Century: changed from Old English mægtha mayweed + weed1 |