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Camomile

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cam=o=mile

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Camomile has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

Camomilen. [LL. camonilla, corrupted fr. Gr. chamai`mhlon, lit. earth apple, being so called from the smell of its flower. See Humble, and Melon.].
     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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Camomile, n. (also chamomile) any aromatic plant of the genus Anthemis or Matricaria, with daisy-like flowers.

Idiom
camomile tea an infusion of its dried flowers used as a tonic.
Etymology
ME f. OF camomille f. LL camomilla or chamomilla f. Gk khamaimelon earth-apple (from the apple-smell of its flowers)
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