Camomile

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  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The common name of Anthemis nobilis, a low creeping composite plant of Europe, with strongly scented foliage, which has long been in cultivation and of popular repute as a bitter stomachic and tonic.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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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  • noun. A composite plant, Anthemis nobilis, which resembles the daisy and possesses a bitter, aromatic quality, used in the making of teas and as a herbal remedy.
  • noun. Any of several other similar plants. (See Wikipedia on Chamomile.)
  • noun. Short for a camomile tea, a herbal tea made from camomile leaves.
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  • noun. Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis
    • Word Usage
    "Gin must contain juniper, but she has added other rather quirkier 'botanicals' to the usual mix, namely camomile, honeysuckle and pomelo a Chinese grapefruit."
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    false camomile  
    Equivalent
    chamomile  
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Herb  herbaceous plant  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    amassment  arvensis  burnet  chamomile  cistus  
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    Roman camomile  
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