Hypertext Webster Gateway: "camomile"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Camomile \Cam"o*mile\, Chamomile \Cham"o*mile\, n.[LL.
camonilla, corrupted fr. Gr. ?, 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, {A. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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