camomile
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
camomile
▶noun variant spelling of chamomile.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chamomile /ˈkaməmʌɪl/ (also camomile)
▶noun an aromatic plant of the daisy family, with white and yellow flowers. [Chamaemelum nobile (sweet chamomile) and other species.]
– origin ME: from OFr. camomille, from late L. chamomilla, from Gk khamaimēlon ‘earth apple’ (because of the apple-like smell of its flowers).
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