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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cam·o·mile, Cham·o·mile  n.  Bot. 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Anthemis nobilis
      n : Eurasian plant apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers
          and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some
          classification systems placed in genus Anthemis [syn: chamomile,
           camomile, Chamaemelum nobilis]