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chamomile definition
chamo·mile (kam′ə mīl′, -mēl′)
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
chamomile Usage Examples
Possessives
- dyer: There was a Brazilian woman who mainly used her allotment to grow plants to dye cloth: woad, madder and dyer's chamomile.
Converse of object
- include: Typical sources of essential oils include chamomile, lavender, rosemary and tea tree.
Adjective modifier
- stinking: Stinking chamomile is frost hardy at the rosette stage and can grow as a winter annual in Britain.
Modifies a noun
- lawn: For a chamomile lawn space plants 6 inches apart, planting in the garden space 12 inches apart.
Noun used with modifier
- corn: Corn chamomile seed has been a contaminant in clover and grass seed.
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