Definition of Matricaria chamomilla

1. Noun. Annual Eurasian herb similar in fragrance and medicinal uses to chamomile though taste is more bitter and effect is considered inferior.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Matricaria Chamomilla

MathML
Mathew
Mathew B. Brady
Mathias
Mathieson
Mathilda
Mathurin
Mathurins
Matilda
Matildas
Matisse
Mato
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso do Sul
Matoaka
Matricaria chamomilla (current term)
Matricaria inodorum
Matricaria matricarioides
Matricaria oreades
Matricaria recutita
Matricaria tchihatchewii
Matrigel
Matrigels
Matrixism
Mats
Matsue
Matsumoto
Matsuyama
Matt
Matt.

Literary usage of Matricaria chamomilla

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"In E. Cat. it is Matricaria inodora, L., or Anthemis arvensis, L. Prior (p. 67) assigns the name to Matricaria chamomilla, L. Camomile, German. ..."

2. Lectures on Materia Medica by Carroll Dunham (1879)
"Matricaria chamomilla. name of this medicinal plant is derived A from matrix, because of the specific action supposed by the ancients ta be exerted by it on ..."

3. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"Matricaria chamomilla, L.—Lyte. £ Bnck*., W. Ches. At the present day used in a more extended sense, and including the species of ..."

4. A Manual of pharmacodynamics by Richard Hughes (1899)
"By this we mean the common Matricaria chamomilla, not the Anthemis nobilis. At least, so Hahnemann meant; but, if Stille is right, the common wild camomile ..."

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