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Anthemis

noun

dog fennel

• Syn: ↑genus Anthemis

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family

• Member Meronyms:

↑mayweed, ↑dog fennel, ↑stinking mayweed, ↑stinking chamomile, ↑Anthemis cotula, ↑yellow chamomile, ↑golden marguerite, ↑dyers' chamomile, ↑Anthemis tinctoria, ↑corn chamomile, ↑field chamomile, ↑corn mayweed, ↑Anthemis arvensis

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\\ˈan(t)thəmə̇s\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, chamomile, from Greek, from anthos

1. capitalized : a large genus of Old World herbs (family Compositae) with pinnatifid leaves and daisylike heads in which the disk flowers are perfect and the ray flowers pistillate or neutral — see chamomile

2. -es : the dried flower heads of a common chamomile (Anthemis nobilis) used as a bitter tonic and stomachic

Useful english dictionary. 2012.