WordNet
wild chamomile
n. annual Eurasian herb similar in fragrance and medicinal uses to chamomile though taste is more bitter and effect is considered inferior [syn: sweet false chamomile, German chamomile, Matricaria recutita, Matricaria chamomilla]
Usage examples of "wild chamomile".
It is considered that the curative properties of the single, wild Chamomile are the more powerful, as the chief medical virtue of the plant lies in the central disk of yellow florets, and in the cultivated double form the white florets of the ray are multiplied, while the yellow centre diminishes.
It is not to be confounded with other wild chamomile-like allied species, which mostly have more feathery leaves and somewhat large flowers.