camomile

English

Matricaria recutita

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], first attested 1265, from Old French camomille, from Latin chamaemelon, from Ancient Greek χαμαίμηλον (khamaímēlon, “earth-apple”), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the ground”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”). So called because of the apple-like scent of the plant.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæ.məˌmaɪl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkæ.məˌmaɪl/, /ˈkæ.məˌmil/

Noun

camomile (countable and uncountable, plural camomiles)

1. Composite plant with a fragrance reminiscent of apples:
   1. Matricaria recutita (formerly known as Matricaria chamomilla), German chamomile or Hungarian chamomile, with fragrant flowers used for tea, and as an herbal remedy.

      Synonyms: German camomile, Hungarian camomile

   2. Chamaemelum nobile (formerly Anthemis nobilis), English chamomile or Roman chamomile, a ground cover with fragrant foliage.

      Synonyms: Roman camomile, English camomile

2. Any of several other similar plants. (See below)
3. Short for camomile tea.

Derived terms

• Cape chamomile, Eriocephalus punctulatus
• corn chamomile, Anthemis arvensis
• dyer's chamomile, Cota tinctoria
• English chamomile, Chamaemelum nobile
• false chamomile, Tripleurospermum inodorum
• garden chamomile, Chamaemelum nobile
• field chamomile, Anthemis arvensis
• golden chamomile, Cota tinctoria
• Moroccan chamomile, Cladanthus multicaulis
• oxeye chamomile, Cota tinctoria
• Roman chamomile, Chamaemelum nobile
• scentless chamomile, Tripleurospermum inodorum
• scentless chamomile, Anthemis arvensis
• stinking chamomile, Anthemis cotula
• wild chamomile, Matricaria discoidea
• wild chamomile, Matricaria recutita
• wild chamomile, Tripleurospermum inodorum
• yellow chamomile, Cota tinctoria

Translations

Matricaria recutita

• Finnish: kamomillasaunio (fi)
• Hungarian: kamilla (hu), orvosi székfű
• Russian: рома́шка (ru) f (romáška), рома́шка апте́чная (ru) f (romáška aptéčnaja), рома́шка лека́рственная f (romáška lekárstvennaja), рома́шка обо́дранная f (romáška obódrannaja)

• Scottish Gaelic: camomhail m
• Spanish: manzanilla f

Chamaemelum nobile

• Finnish: jalosauramo
• Hungarian: római kamilla
• Russian: рома́шка (ru) f (romáška), рома́шка ри́мская f (romáška rímskaja), пупа́вка благоро́дная f (pupávka blagoródnaja), хамеме́люм благоро́дный f (xameméljum blagoródnyj)

• Scottish Gaelic: camomhail m
• Spanish: manzanilla f

similar plant

• Finnish: sauramo (fi), saunio (fi)
• Russian: рома́шка (ru) f (romáška)

• Scottish Gaelic: camomhail m, mìn-lach f (field camomile, Anthemis arvensis)

camomile tea — see camomile tea

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

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• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} بابونج‎ m (babunij)

  Egyptian Arabic: ^{(please verify)} بابونج‎ m (babuneg)

• Armenian: ^{(please verify)} երիցուկ (hy) (ericʿuk)
• Belarusian: ^{(please verify)} рамо́нак m (ramónak)
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} ла́йка f (lájka), ^{(please verify)} лайку́чка f (lajkúčka)
• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} camamilla f (Algherese)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 甘菊 (zh) (gānjú)

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} heřmánek (cs) m
• Dacian: ^{(please verify)} amolusta
• Danish: ^{(please verify)} kamille
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} kamille (nl)
• Erzya: ^{(please verify)} ашопря (ašoprja)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} kamomilo, ^{(please verify)} matrikario
• French: ^{(please verify)} camomille (fr) f
• Galician: ^{(please verify)} macela (gl) f, ^{(please verify)} magarza f, ^{(please verify)} gamarza f
• Gallurese: ^{(please verify)} capumiddu
• German: ^{(please verify)} Kamille (de) f

  Alemannic German: ^{(please verify)} Kermillä f

• Greek: ^{(please verify)} χαμομήλι (el) n (chamomíli)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} kamilla (is) f
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} camán meall m, ^{(please verify)} camán míonla m, ^{(please verify)} fíogadán m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} camomilla (it) f
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} カモミール (ja) (kamomīru), ^{(please verify)} カモマイル (ja) (kamomairu), ^{(please verify)} カモミーユ (ja) (kamomīyu), ^{(please verify)} カミツレ (ja) (kamitsure)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 카밀레 (ko) (kamille)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ^{(please verify)} به‌یبوون‎ (beybun)

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} chamaemellum n
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} ramunėlė f
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} камилица f (kamilica), ^{(please verify)} вртипоп m (vrtipop)
• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} kamumilla f
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} canmiéthe f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} kamille m

  Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} kamille m

• Persian: ^{(please verify)} بابونه‎ (fa) (bâbune)
• Polish: ^{(please verify)} rumianek (pl) m
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} camomila (pt) f
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} mușețel (ro) m
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: ^{(please verify)} camamilla

  Logudorese: ^{(please verify)} caboniglia, ^{(please verify)} capumilla

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} камѝлица f

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} kamìlica (sh) f

• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} harmanček m, ^{(please verify)} rumanček (sk) m
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} kamilica (sl) f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} camomila (es) f
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} kamomill (sv) c
• Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} mansanilya
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} papatya (tr), ^{(please verify)} sarı papatya
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} рома́шка (uk) f (romáška)

Further reading

• Chamomile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anthemis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Anthemis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• camomile at USDA Plants database
• camomile at USDA Plants database