Meanings
nounmayweed (plural mayweeds)
plural mayweeds
- stinking chamomile (Anthemis cotula).
- corn chamomile, field chamomile (Anthemis arvensis).
- Plants of the genera Matricaria and Tripleurospermum.
- A mayflower.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounwidespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs
Similar
Broader
compositecomposite plant
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle English*maythe weed
- Englishmayweed
From Middle English *maythe weed, equivalent to maythe (“mayweed”) + weed; reanalysed as May + weed.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian кучешка лайка
- кучешка лайка (kučeška lajka)Anthemis cotula
Catalan camamilla pudent, camamilla borda
- camamilla pudentAnthemis cotula
- camamilla bordaAnthemis arvensis
Finnish haisusauramo, saunio
- haisusauramoAnthemis cotula
- saunioplants of the genera Matricaria and Tripleurospermum
- peltosauramoAnthemis arvensis
German Stinkende Hundskamille, Kamille
- Stinkende HundskamilleAnthemis cotula
- Kamilleplants of the genera Matricaria and Tripleurospermum
- Strandkamilleplants of the genera Matricaria and Tripleurospermum
- Acker-HundskamilleAnthemis arvensis
Russian трёхрёберник непаху́чий, рома́шка непаху́чая
- трёхрёберник непаху́чий (trjoxrjóbernik nepaxúčij)scentless mayflower, Tripleurospermum inodorum
- рома́шка непаху́чая (romáška nepaxúčaja)scentless mayflower, Tripleurospermum inodorum
Swedish baldersbrå
- baldersbråscentless mayflower, Tripleurospermum inodorum
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