dogfennel

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Etymology

From Middle English dogfynell; equivalent to dog +‎ fennel.

Noun

dogfennel (plural dogfennels)

  1. Anthemis cotula, an annual plant native to Europe and North Africa.
  2. (chiefly Canada, US) Any of various similar American plants, especially Eupatorium capillifolium, a perennial plant.
    • 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury:
      “I aint been teasing him.” Luster said. “He was playing with that bottle full of dogfennel and all of a sudden he started up bellering.”
  3. A plant in the genus Chamaemelum.

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