camomile

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cam=o=mile

CIDE DICTIONARY

camomile, n. [LL. camonilla, corrupted fr. Gr. chamai`mhlon, lit. earth apple, being so called from the smell of its flower. See Humble, and Melon.].

 A genus of herbs (Anthemis) of the Composite family. The common camomile, Anthemis nobilis, is used as a popular remedy. Its flowers have a strong and fragrant and a bitter, aromatic taste. They are tonic, febrifugal, and in large doses emetic, and the volatile oil is carminative.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

camomile, n. (also chamomile) any aromatic plant of the genus Anthemis or Matricaria, with daisy-like flowers.

Idiom

camomile tea an infusion of its dried flowers used as a tonic.

Etymology

ME f. OF camomille f. LL camomilla or chamomilla f. Gk khamaimelon earth-apple (from the apple-smell of its flowers)