/kam"euh muyl', -meel'/ , n.
1. a composite plant, Chamaemelium nobile (or Anthemis nobilis ), native to the Old World, having strongly scented foliage and white ray flowers with yellow centers used medicinally and as a tea.
2. any of several allied plants of the genera Matricaria and Tripleurospermum.
Also, camomile .
[ 1350-1400; ME camamyll, camomille camomille or ML camomilla, for L chamaemelon chamaímelon, equiv. to chamaí on the ground + mêlon apple; allegedly so called from the applelike odor of the flowers ]