单词 | chamomile |
释义 | chamomile (once / 49043 pages) n Chamomile is a plant with pretty little white flowers and a sweet smell. Dried chamomile is often used to make herbal tea. You might grow chamomile in your garden for its blossoms, which look like tiny daisies, or for its smell, which is a little bit like apples. Chamomile tea is well-known for helping you sleep well at night, and most people like the way it tastes, too. You can also spell it camomile, and its root goes back to the Greek word khamaimēlon, "earth apple," from khamai, "on the ground," and mēlon, "apple." WORD FAMILYchamomile: chamomiles USAGE EXAMPLESIt has replaced them with what it calls Bold Breakfast black tea, Harmony Leaf green tea, Chamomile Fields, Hibiscus Kiss and Cool Mint. Seattle Times(Nov 02, 2016) The new Blemish Treatment by Laurel Whole Plant Organics has thyme as well as black cumin and chamomile. Los Angeles Times(Oct 06, 2016) You don’t go out and pick a peck of petals unless you are, say, drying chamomile blossoms for a winter’s supply of tea. Washington Post(Sep 20, 2016) n Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis Syn|Hyper Anthemis nobilis, Chamaemelum nobilis, camomile herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
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