Definitions for chamomile

chamomile cham·o·mile

Spelling: [kam-uh-mahyl, -meel]
IPA: /ˈkæm əˌmaɪl, -ˌmil/

Chamomile is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 376 anagrams from letters in chamomile (acehilmmo).

Definitions for chamomile

noun

  1. a composite plant, Chamaemelium nobile (or Anthemis nobilis), native to the Old World, having strongly scented foliage and white ray flowers with yellow centers used medicinally and as a tea.
  2. any of several allied plants of the genera Matricaria and Tripleurospermum.

Origin of chamomile

1350-1400; Middle English camamyll, camomille Middle French, Old French camomille or Medieval Latin camomilla, for Latin chamaemēlon Greek chamaímēlon, equivalent to chamaí on the ground + mê

Examples for chamomile

The mass of extract of chamomile met with in the shops is nothing but extract of gentian scented with a little oil of chamomile.

Gram, too, came out with a dipperful of chamomile tea, of which she authoritatively exhorted us to imbibe a draught.

This extract contains only the bitter portion of the chamomile, the aromatic volatile oil being dissipated during the evaporation.

The smell of the chamomile is aromatic, and its qualities highly tonic.

Evaporate by a water bath to a proper consistence, adding oil of chamomile, 15 minims at the end of the process.

Take and boil a quantity of chamomile, and apply the hot fomentations.

Along the roadside you will find the daisy-like flowers of the chamomile or May Weed.

Strong fennel and wormwood hit the back of my tongue along with a dryness from the barrel and hints of citrus from the chamomile.

Most recently I tried acupuncture, Chinese herbs, raw apple cider vinegar, and chamomile tea.

Oil of chamomile is reputed antispasmodic, tonic, and stomachic.

Word Value for chamomile
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