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Chamomile

noun

Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis. Synonyms: Anthemis nobilis, camomile, Chamaemelum nobilis.

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"Chamomile" Quotes from Famous Books

... of chamomile, and apply the hot fomentations. This dissolves the knot, and reduces ...

— Searchlights on Health - The Science of Eugenics • B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols

... the leaves is given as a diuretic and digestive tonic. The plant is aromatic. It is seldom used, but is given for the same troubles and in the same doses as chamomile and Eupatorium Ayapana. ...

— The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines • T. H. Pardo de Tavera

... of friend, who set those pretty pearls in line, * And filled thee full of whitest chamomile and reddest wine? Who lent the morning-glory in thy smile to shimmer and shine * Who with that ruby-padlock dared thy lips to seal-and sign! Who looks on thee at early morn with stress of joy and bliss * Goes ...

— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 4 • Richard F. Burton

Words linked to "Chamomile" : herbaceous plant, genus Chamaemelum, herb, camomile tea, Chamaemelum