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Chamomile
[also Camomile, Manzanilla, or Maythen]
(Chamaemelum nobile)
(Syn Anthemis nobilis)
Family: Compositae
Native to Europe and North Africa, this composite herb has strong scented
foliage and flower heads that contain a bitter medicinal substance.
Chamomile is a low-growing plant, creeping or trailing its tufts of
leaves and flowers a foot high, and has been grown for centuries in
English gardens for its use as a common domestic medicine. The fresh
plant is strongly and agreeably aromatic with a distinct scent of apples.
This characteristic was noted by the Greeks, for which they named it
"ground-apple" C kamai (on the ground) and melon (an apple)
C the origin of the name Chamomile.
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