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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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]