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chamo·mile (kam′ə mīl′, -mēl′)

noun

camomile

Etymology: ME camomille < OFr camemile < L chamomilla < Gr chamaimēlon, earth apple < chamai, on the ground (see chameleon) + mēlon, apple (see melon)

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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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