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Anthemis
(gcide) | Anthemis \An"the*mis\, n. [Gr. 'anqemi`s, equiv. to 'a`nqos
flower; an herb like our chamomile.] (Bot.)
Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants.
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anthemis
(wn) | Anthemis
n 1: dog fennel [syn: Anthemis, genus Anthemis] |
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Anthemis arvensis
(gcide) | Oxeye \Ox"eye`\, n. [Ox + eye.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) The oxeye daisy. See under Daisy.
(b) The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis).
(c) A genus of composite plants (Buphthalmum) with large
yellow flowers.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A titmouse, especially the great titmouse ({Parus
major}) and the blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus).
[Prov. Eng.]
(b) The dunlin.
(c) A fish; the bogue, or box.
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Creeping oxeye (Bot.) a West Indian composite plant
(Wedelia carnosa).
Seaside oxeye (Bot.), a West Indian composite shrub
(Borrichia arborescens).
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Anthemis Cotula
(gcide) | Mayweed \May"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A composite plant (Anthemis Cotula), having a strong
odor; dog's fennel. It is a native of Europe, now common
by the roadsides in the United States.
(b) The feverfew.
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feniculum, faeniculum, dim. of fenum, faenum, hay: cf. F.
fenouil. Cf. Fenugreek. Finochio.] (Bot.)
A perennial plant of the genus F[ae]niculum ({F[ae]niculum
vulgare}), having very finely divided leaves. It is
cultivated in gardens for the agreeable aromatic flavor of
its seeds.
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Smell of sweetest fennel. --Milton.
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A sprig of fennel was in fact the theological smelling
bottle of the tender sex. --S. G.
Goodrich.
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Azorean fennel, or Sweet fennel, (F[ae]niculum dulce).
It is a smaller and stouter plant than the common fennel,
and is used as a pot herb.
Dog's fennel (Anthemis Cotula), a foul-smelling European
weed; -- called also mayweed.
Fennel flower (Bot.), an herb (Nigella) of the Buttercup
family, having leaves finely divided, like those of the
fennel. Nigella Damascena is common in gardens. {Nigella
sativa} furnishes the fennel seed, used as a condiment,
etc., in India. These seeds are the "fitches" mentioned in
Isaiah (xxviii. 25).
Fennel water (Med.), the distilled water of fennel seed. It
is stimulant and carminative.
Giant fennel (Ferula communis), has stems full of pith,
which, it is said, were used to carry fire, first, by
Prometheus.
Hog's fennel, a European plant (Peucedanum officinale)
looking something like fennel.
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Anthemis nobilis
(gcide) | Camomile \Cam"o*mile\, Chamomile \Cham"o*mile\
(k[a^]m"[-o]*m[imac]l), n. [LL. camonilla, corrupted fr. Gr.
chamai`mhlon, lit. earth apple, being so called from the
smell of its flower. See Humble, and Melon.] (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
(wn) | Anthemis
n 1: dog fennel [syn: Anthemis, genus Anthemis] |
anthemis arvensis
(wn) | Anthemis arvensis
n 1: European white-flowered weed naturalized in North America
[syn: corn chamomile, field chamomile, corn mayweed,
Anthemis arvensis] |
anthemis cotula
(wn) | Anthemis cotula
n 1: widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower
heads with yellow discs [syn: mayweed, dog fennel,
stinking mayweed, stinking chamomile, {Anthemis
cotula}] |
anthemis nobilis
(wn) | Anthemis nobilis
n 1: Eurasian plant with 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, {Anthemis
nobilis}] |
anthemis tinctoria
(wn) | Anthemis tinctoria
n 1: Eurasian perennial herb with hairy divided leaves and
yellow flowers; naturalized in North America [syn: {yellow
chamomile}, golden marguerite, dyers' chamomile,
Anthemis tinctoria] |
genus anthemis
(wn) | genus Anthemis
n 1: dog fennel [syn: Anthemis, genus Anthemis] |
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