ANTHEMIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anthemis mean? 

• ANTHEMIS (noun)
  The noun ANTHEMIS has 1 sense:

1. dog fennel

  Familiarity information: ANTHEMIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTHEMIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dog fennel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Anthemis; genus Anthemis

Hypernyms ("Anthemis" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Anthemis"):

Anthemis cotula; dog fennel; mayweed; stinking chamomile; stinking mayweed (widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs)

Anthemis tinctoria; dyers' chamomile; golden marguerite; yellow chamomile (Eurasian perennial herb with hairy divided leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in North America)

Anthemis arvensis; corn chamomile; corn mayweed; field chamomile (European white-flowered weed naturalized in North America)

Holonyms ("Anthemis" is a member of...):

aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)

 Context examples 

The scientific names are Chamaemelum nobile and Anthemis nobilis.

(English chamomile, NCI Dictionary)

The essential oil extracted from the flowers of Anthemis nobilis or Matricaria chamomilla.

(Chamomile Flower Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The flower-heads of either the plant Anthemis nobilis or the plant Matricaria chamomilla.

(Chamomile, NCI Thesaurus)