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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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