mayweed

English

Etymology

From Middle English *maythe weed, equivalent to maythe (“mayweed”) +‎ weed; reanalysed as May +‎ weed.

Noun

mayweed (plural mayweeds)

1. stinking chamomile (Anthemis cotula).
2. corn chamomile, field chamomile (Anthemis arvensis).
3. Plants of the genera Matricaria and Tripleurospermum.
4. A mayflower.

Derived terms

• false mayweed

Translations

Anthemis cotula

Bulgarian: кучешка лайка f (kučeška lajka) Catalan: camamilla pudent f Finnish: haisusauramo German: Stinkende Hundskamille f Middle English: maythe

Anthemis arvensis

Catalan: camamilla borda f Finnish: peltosauramo German: Acker-Hundskamille f

plants of the genera Matricaria and Tripleurospermum

Finnish: saunio (fi) German: Kamille (de) f (Matricaria), Strandkamille f (Tripleurospermum)

scentless mayflower, Tripleurospermum inodorum

Norwegian Nynorsk: balderbrå f or m Russian: трёхрёберник непаху́чий m (trjoxrjóbernik nepaxúčij), рома́шка непаху́чая f (romáška nepaxúčaja) Swedish: baldersbrå c mayflower — see mayflower