camomile

 
Pronunciation: /ˈkaməmʌɪl/
(also chiefly North American chamomile)

noun

  • an aromatic European plant of the daisy family, with white and yellow daisy-like flowers.
    • The perennial sweet (or Roman) camomile (Chamaemelum nobile (or Anthemis nobilis), family Compositae), traditionally used for lawns and herbal medicine, the annual German camomile (Matricaria recutita), used medicinally, and the yellow-flowered dyer’s camomile (Anthemis tinctoria), used to produce a yellow-brown dye

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French camomille, from late Latin chamomilla, from Greek khamaimēlon 'earth-apple' (because of the apple-like smell of its flowers)