camomile

English

camomile

A boy making a garland of camomile

Alternative forms

• camomille (rare)
• chamomile (botany, pharmacology)
• chamomille (rare)

Etymology

From Middle English, first attested 1265, from Old French camomille, from Latin chamaemelon, from Ancient Greek χαμαίμηλον (khamaímêlon, “earth-apple”), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the ground”) + μῆλον (mễlon, “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)
• Belarusian: рамонак (be) (ramónak) m
• Bulgarian: лайка (bg) (lájka) f, лайкучка (bg) (lajkúčka) f
• Catalan: camamilla (Algherese)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甘菊 (cmn) (gānjú)

• 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
• Japanese: カモミール (ja) (kamomīru), カモマイル (ja) (kamomairu), カモミーユ (ja) (kamomīyu)
• Jèrriais: canmiéthe f
• Korean: 카밀레 (ko) (kamille)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: به‌یبوون (ku) (beybun)

• Macedonian: камилица (mk) (kamílica) f, вртипоп (mk) (v'rtipop) m
• Maltese: kamumilla (mt) f
• Norwegian: kamomille (no)
• Polish: rumianek (pl) m
• Portuguese: camomila (pt) f
• Romanian: musetel (ro)
• Russian: ромашка (ru) (romáška) f
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese Sardinian: camamilla

  Gallurese Sardinian: capumiddu

  Logudorese Sardinian: caboniglia, capumilla

• Scottish Gaelic: camamhail (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: камилица (sh) f

  Roman: kamilica (sh) f

• Slovak: harmanček (sk) m
• Slovene: kamilica (sl) f
• Spanish: manzanilla (es) f, camomila (es) f
• Swedish: kamomill (sv) c
• Turkish: papatya (tr), sarı papatya (tr)
• Ukrainian: ромашка (uk) (romáška) f

tea

• Bulgarian: лайка (bg) (lájka) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甘菊茶 (cmn) (gānjúchá)

• Czech: heřmánek (cs) m
• Dutch: kamillethee (nl) m
• Finnish: kamomillatee (fi)
• French: camomille (fr) f
• Galician: macela (gl) f
• German: Kamillentee (de) m
• Hungarian: kamilla (hu)
• Italian: camomilla (it) f

• Jèrriais: canmiéthe f
• Maltese: kamomilla (mt) f
• Russian: ромашковый чай (ru) (romáškovyj čaj) m
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese Sardinian: camamilla

  Gallurese Sardinian: capumiddu

  Logudorese Sardinian: caboniglia, capumilla

• Spanish: manzanilla (es) f
• Swedish: kamomillte (sv) n
• Turkish: papatya (tr), sarı papatya (tr)