camomile

English

Alternative forms

• chamomile (botany, pharmacology)

Etymology

From Middle English, first attested 1265, from Old French camomille, from Latin chamoemelon, from Ancient Greek χαμαίμηλον (chamaimēlon, “earth-apple”), from χαμαί (chamai, “on the ground”) + μῆλον (mēlon, “apple”). So called because of the apple-like scent of the plant.

Noun

camomile (plural camomiles)

1. A composite plant, Anthemis nobilis, which resembles the daisy and possesses a bitter, aromatic quality, used in the making of teas and as a herbal remedy.
2. Any of several other similar plants. (See Wikipedia on Chamomile.)
3. Short for a camomile tea, a herbal tea made from camomile leaves.

Synonyms

• (composite plant): Roman camomile

See also

• Chamomile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Chamomile
• Camomile on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons
• Anthemis on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Anthemis

Translations

plant

Armenian: երիցուկ (hy) (eric’uk) Bulgarian: лайка (bg) f., лайкучка (bg) f. Czech: heřmánek (cs) m. Dacian: amolusta Danish: kamille (da) Dutch: kamille (nl) Esperanto: kamomilo (eo), matrikario (eo) Finnish: kamomilla (fi), jalosauramo (fi) French: camomille (fr) f. German: Kamille (de) f. Greek: χαμομήλι (el) (chamomíli) n. Hungarian: kamilla (hu) Italian: camomilla (it) f. Kurdish: به‌یبوون (ku) (beybun)

Macedonian: камилица (mk) (kamílica) f., вртипоп (mk) (v'rtipop) m. Maltese: kamumilla f. Norwegian: kamomille (no) Polish: rumianek (pl) m. Portuguese: camomila (pt) f. Romanian: musetel Russian: ромашка (ru) (romáška) f. Scottish Gaelic: camamhail (gd) m. Serbian: kamilica Slovene: kamilica (sl) f. Spanish: manzanilla (es) f. Swedish: kamomill (sv) c. Turkish: papatya (tr), sarı papatya (tr)

tea

Bulgarian: лайка (bg) f. Czech: heřmánek (cs) m. Dutch: kamillethee Finnish: kamomillatee (fi) French: camomille (fr) f. German: Kamillentee (de) m.

Hungarian: kamilla (hu) Italian: camomilla (it) f. Maltese: kamomilla (mt) f. Swedish: kamomillte (sv) n. Turkish: papatya (tr), sarı papatya (tr)