camomile

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Variant of chamomile.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. 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 camomile-flowers of commerce are the product of a cultivated double variety, known as the garden or Roman camomile. The single form is distinguished as Scotch camomile. It was formerly imagined that the more the plant was trodden upon the more luxuriantly it grew, and this was a favorite subject of allusion in ancient writers. The corn- or field-camomile, Anthemis arvensis, is sparingly naturalized in the United States. The dog's or stinking camomile, A. Cotula, is more usually known as mayweed. The yellow camomile, A. tinctoria, with yellow-rayed flowers, is sometimes cultivated for ornament and yields a yellow dye. The German camomile of trade consists of the flower-heads of Matricaria Chamomilla. Wild camomile is the feverfew.

Wiktionary

1. n. 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.
2. n. Any of several other similar plants. (See Wikipedia on Chamomile.)
3. n. Short for a camomile tea, a herbal tea made from camomile leaves.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. 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.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis