MAYWEED

mayweed, dog fennel, stinking mayweed, stinking chamomile, Anthemis cotula

(noun) widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mayweed (plural mayweeds)

stinking chamomile, Anthemis cotula.

corn chamomile, field chamomile, Anthemis arvensis.

Plants of the genera Matricaria and Tripleurospermum.

A mayflower.

Source: Wiktionary


May"weed`, n. (Bot.) (a) A composite plant (Anthemis Cotula), having a strong odor; dog's fennel. It is a native of Europe, now common by the roadsides in the United States. (b) The feverfew.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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