Mayweed Definition

māwēd
noun
A widespread weed (Anthemis cotula) in the composite family, having rank-smelling, bipinnately divided leaves and white-rayed flower heads.
American Heritage

Dog fennel.

Webster's New World

A mayflower.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • Anthemis cotula
  • stinking chamomile
  • stinking mayweed
  • dog fennel

Other Word Forms of Mayweed

Noun

Singular:
mayweed
Plural:
mayweeds

Origin of Mayweed

  • Middle English maythe weed, mayyen wed alteration (influenced by May) (maiden) of maithe from Old English mægtha

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • May +"Ž weed

    From Wiktionary

Mayweed Sentence Examples

  • Look for plants such as sea pink, moss campion, scurvy grass, sea mayweed and lichens on the rocky foreshore.

  • A number of insect species feed on scentless mayweed.

  • Mayweed (Matricaria) - Weeds, excepting the double variety of M. inodora, which is a pretty plant with feathery foliage somewhat like Fennel, and with large white flowers, perfectly double.

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