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English
Matricaria recutita
Etymology
From Middle English camamille , first attested 1265, from Old French camomille , from Late Latin camomilla , from Latin chamaemelon , from Ancient Greek χαμαίμηλον ( khamaímēlon , literally “ earth-apple ” ) , from χαμαί ( khamaí , “ on the ground ” ) + μῆλον ( mêlon , “ apple ” ) . So called because of the apple-like scent of the plant.
Pronunciation
Noun
camomile (countable and uncountable , plural camomiles )
Composite plant with a fragrance reminiscent of apples:
Matricaria recutita (formerly known as Matricaria chamomilla ), German chamomile or Hungarian chamomile , with fragrant flowers used for tea, and as an herbal remedy.
Synonyms: German camomile , Hungarian camomile
Chamaemelum nobile (formerly Anthemis nobilis ), English chamomile or Roman chamomile , a ground cover with fragrant foliage.
Synonyms: Roman camomile , English camomile
Any of several other similar plants. (See below )
Short for camomile tea .
2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times :On another occasion, when trying to brainstorm things I could do to make myself feel better despite all the pandemic restrictions, Woebot suggested I “try doing something nice for someone in your life,” like make a calming tea for my housemate or check in with a loved one. I poured my mum some chamomile : Two birds, one stone.
Derived terms
Cape chamomile , Eriocephalus punctulatus corn chamomile , Anthemis arvensis dyer's chamomile , Cota tinctoria English chamomile , Chamaemelum nobile false chamomile , Tripleurospermum inodorum field chamomile , Anthemis arvensis garden chamomile , Chamaemelum nobile golden chamomile , Cota tinctoria Moroccan chamomile , Cladanthus multicaulis oxeye chamomile , Cota tinctoria Roman chamomile , Chamaemelum nobile scentless chamomile , Anthemis arvensis scentless chamomile , Tripleurospermum inodorum stinking chamomile , Anthemis cotula wild chamomile , Matricaria discoidea wild chamomile , Matricaria recutita wild chamomile , Tripleurospermum inodorum yellow chamomile , Cota tinctoria
Translations
Matricaria recutita
Arabic: بَابُونَج m ( bābūnaj )
Hijazi Arabic: بابونج m ( bābūnaj, bābūnij )
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܥܩܪ ܩܪܚܐ m , ܩܘܒܠܐ m
Armenian: երիցուկ (hy) ( ericʻuk )
Bulgarian: медици́нска ла́йка f ( medicínska lájka )
Catalan: camamilla (ca) f
Czech: heřmánek (cs) m
Finnish: kamomillasaunio (fi)
French: camomille (fr) f
Georgian: გვირილა ( gvirila ) , სამკურნალო გვირილა ( samḳurnalo gvirila ) , მატრიკარია ( maṭriḳaria ) , ბაბუნა ( babuna )
German: Kamille (de) f , ( biology ) Echte Kamille f
Greek: χαμομήλι (el) n ( chamomíli )
Hungarian: kamilla (hu) , orvosi székfű (hu)
Ingrian: romaška
Irish: fíogadán m
Macedonian: ками́лица f ( kamílica )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kamille m
Nynorsk: kamille m
Polish: rumianek (pl) m , rumianek pospolity m
Romanian: mușețel (ro) m
Russian: рома́шка (ru) f ( romáška ) , рома́шка апте́чная (ru) f ( romáška aptéčnaja ) , рома́шка лека́рственная f ( romáška lekárstvennaja ) , рома́шка обо́дранная f ( romáška obódrannaja )
Scottish Gaelic: camomhail m
Serbo-Croatian: prava kamilica f
Sicilian: camumiḍḍa f , mumiḍḍa f
Slovak: kamilka f , harmanček m , rumanček (sk) m
Spanish: manzanilla (es) f
Swedish: kamomill (sv) c
Turkish: mayıs papatyası
Welsh: amranwen bêr f
Translations to be checked: "plant"
Arabic: (please verify ) بَابُونِج m ( bābūnij )
Egyptian Arabic: (please verify ) بابونج m ( babuneg )
Belarusian: (please verify ) рамо́нак m ( ramónak )
Chinese:
Mandarin: (please verify ) 甘菊 (zh) ( gānjú )
Dacian: (please verify ) amolusta
Danish: (please verify ) kamille
Dutch: (please verify ) kamille (nl)
Erzya: (please verify ) ашопря ( ašopŕa )
Esperanto: (please verify ) kamomilo (eo) , (please verify ) matrikario
French: (please verify ) camomille (fr) f
Galician: (please verify ) macela (gl) f , (please verify ) magarza f , (please verify ) gamarza f
Gallurese: (please verify ) capumiddu
German: (please verify ) Kamille (de) f
Alemannic German: (please verify ) Kermillä f
Icelandic: (please verify ) kamilla (is) f
Irish: (please verify ) camán meall m , (please verify ) camán míonla m , (please verify ) fíogadán m
Italian: (please verify ) camomilla (it) f
Japanese: (please verify ) カモミール (ja) ( kamomīru ) , (please verify ) カモマイル (ja) ( kamomairu ) , (please verify ) カモミーユ (ja) ( kamomīyu ) , (please verify ) カミツレ (ja) ( kamitsure )
Korean: (please verify ) 카밀레 (ko) ( kamille )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: (please verify ) بەیبوون ( beybûn )
Latin: (please verify ) chamaemellum n
Lithuanian: (please verify ) ramunėlė f
Macedonian: (please verify ) камилица f ( kamilica ) , (please verify ) вртипоп m ( vrtipop )
Maltese: (please verify ) kamumilla f
Norman: (please verify ) canmiéthe f ( Jersey )
Persian: (please verify ) بابونه (fa) ( bâbune )
Portuguese: (please verify ) camomila (pt) f
Romanian: (please verify ) mușețel (ro) m
Sardinian:
Campidanese: (please verify ) camamilla
Logudorese: (please verify ) caboniglia , (please verify ) capumilla
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: (please verify ) камѝлица f
Roman: (please verify ) kamìlica (sh) f
Slovak: (please verify ) harmanček m , (please verify ) rumanček (sk) m
Slovene: (please verify ) kamilica (sl) f
Spanish: (please verify ) camomila (es) f
Tagalog: (please verify ) mansanilya
Turkish: (please verify ) papatya (tr) , (please verify ) sarı papatya
Ukrainian: (please verify ) рома́шка (uk) f ( romáška )
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