单词 | chamomile |
释义 | chamomile /kam"euh muyl', -meel'/, n. 1. a composite plant, Chamaemelium nobile (or Anthemis nobilis), native to the Old World, having strongly scented foliage and white ray flowers with yellow centers used medicinally and as a tea. 2. any of several allied plants of the genera Matricaria and Tripleurospermum. Also, camomile. [1350-1400; ME camamyll, camomille < MF, OF camomille or ML camomilla, for L chamaemelon < Gk chamaímelon, equiv. to chamaí on the ground + mêlon apple; allegedly so called from the applelike odor of the flowers] |
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