dog fennel (sense )
Origin of mayweed
for maidweed from an unverified form maythe-weed from Old English magothe, mayweed (prob. akin to mægeth, maiden) + weedmayweed
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mayweed
noun
A widespread weed (Anthemis cotula) in the composite family, having rank-smelling, bipinnately divided leaves and white-rayed flower heads. Also called dog fennel . Also called stinking chamomile .
Origin of mayweed
Middle English maythe weed, mayyen wed alteration ( influenced by May ) ( maiden ) of maithe from Old English mægthaTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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