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Webster 1913 Edition
Chamomile
{
Cam′o-mile
,Cham′o-mile
}(kăm′ō̍-mīl)
, Noun.
[LL.
camonilla
, corrupted fr. Gr. χαμαίμηλον
, 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.