Crossword clues for camomile
camomile
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Camomile \Cam"o*mile\, Chamomile \Cham"o*mile\ (k[a^]m"[-o]*m[imac]l), n. [LL. camonilla, corrupted fr. Gr. chamai`mhlon, 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, 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] ||
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 composite plant with a fragrance reminiscent of apples: 2 # ''Matricaria recutita'' (formerly known as (taxlink Matricaria chamomilla species noshow=1)), German chamomile or Hungarian chamomile, with fragrant flowers used for tea, and as an herbal remedy. 3 # ''Chamaemelum nobile'' (formerly (taxlink Anthemis nobilis species noshow=1)), English chamomile or Roman chamomile, a ground cover with fragrant foliage. 4 Any of several other similar plants. (See #Derived terms) 5 Short for a camomile tea, an herbal tisane made from camomile blossoms.
WordNet
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]
Usage examples of "camomile".
Sometimes Fila used to tint it for her with extract of camomile, but now she has become fond of this brush of whitewash on her mass of fair hair, a touch of frivolity above a face slackened by impotence.
At eye level with dandelions and camomile buds, I followed the business of ants and leafhoppers, ladybugs and wood lice, and I stared so long at a stem of fennel that I swear I saw it grow.
French edition of 1834, the proper doses of the medicines are mentioned, and Camomile is marked IV.
Ears of corn, strings of chillies and dried camomile hung in the striped moon-shadows of the open porch at the back of the house.
She filled the kettle and found the camomile tea bags, putting two into the mug, instead of the usual one.
He shrugged, taking the coffee from her, sipping it, moving slightly as she put the camomile bags in the compost bin beneath the sink.
They talked, served the meal, cleared it away, prepared their nightly camomile tea for digestion, donned their night dresses which reached to the ground, and crossed themselves.
But now let us suppose we take one single drop of the Tincture of Camomile, and that the whole of this were to be carried through the common series of dilutions.
And proceeding on the common data, I have just made a calculation which shows that this single drop of Tincture of Camomile, given in the quantity ordered by Jahr's Manual, would have supplied every individual of the whole human family, past and present, with more than five billion doses each, the action of each dose lasting about four days.
Fennel for welcome home Camomile for long life Violets for love.
As we walked up the dirt path, the fragrance of camomiles and peppermints mixed with the heavier odors of manure and farm animals.
A few yellow hawkweeds, a few camomiles, grew in hollows here and there.
Of the thirty other runners, the most serious contenders were Camomile Lawn, a fleet chestnut mare so flashy Tab said she ought to wear an ankle bracelet, Male Nurse, a stocky brown gelding who jumped and stayed well, Yummy Yuppy, the handsome dark bay who had fallen last year, Blarney Stone, who had won the Irish Grand National, Paddywack, who was third to Penscombe Pride and The Prince of Darkness last year and Fraulein Mahler, Rannaldini's second horse, whom Lysander had ridden into the lake last summer.
In it were crushed petals and stems of fennel, hyssop, bee balm, sour camomile, woodsy sage, and other plants.
Having thrust cups of tea on willing stall holders and remembering that Hermione liked hers camomile and flavoured with honey, Guy led Marigold, who'd been up since six, off to the beer tent for something stronger.