MATRICARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Matricaria mean? 

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

1. chiefly Old World strong-smelling weedy herbs; comprises plants sometimes included in other genera: e.g. Tanacetum; Tripleurospermum

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MATRICARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chiefly Old World strong-smelling weedy herbs; comprises plants sometimes included in other genera: e.g. Tanacetum; Tripleurospermum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Matricaria; Matricaria

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Matricaria"):

German chamomile; Matricaria chamomilla; Matricaria recutita; sweet false chamomile; wild chamomile (annual Eurasian herb similar in fragrance and medicinal uses to chamomile though taste is more bitter and effect is considered inferior)

Matricaria matricarioides; pineapple weed; rayless chamomile (annual aromatic weed of Pacific coastal areas (United States and northeastern Asia) having bristle-pointed leaves and rayless yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("Matricaria" 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 name is Matricaria recutita.

(German 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)