mid-13c., from Old French camemile, from Late Latin camomilla, from Latin chamomilla, from Greek chamaimelon, literally "earth apple," from chamai "on the ground" (also "dwarf [..]

(n) Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis

Common name for several daisy-like Plants (Matricaria; Tripleurospermum; Anthemis; Chamaemelum) native to Europe and Western Asia, now naturalized in the United States and Australia.

A Plant genus of the Family Asteraceae. It is easily confused with related Plants with similar common Names of Chamomile and Mayweed (Matricaria; Chamaemelum; and Anthemis).