Definition of "camomile" [cam•o•mile]

• Variant of chamomile. (noun)

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• "Gin must contain juniper, but she has added other rather quirkier 'botanicals' to the usual mix, namely camomile, honeysuckle and pomelo a Chinese grapefruit."
• "Similar effects follow the addition to the bath of aromatic herbs, such as camomile, thyme, &c."
• "For as the camomile which is trodden groweth best, and smelleth most fragrant; and as the fish is sweetest that lives in the saltest waters: so those souls are most precious to Christ who are most exercised and afflicted with crosses."