Camomile

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  camomile
       n : Eurasian plant apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers
           and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some
           classification systems placed in genus Anthemis [syn: {chamomile},
            {Chamaemelum nobilis}, {Anthemis nobilis}]