corn chamomile
- noun
- UK
:
manzanilla de maíz
- The field was dotted with patches of corn chamomile among the ripening wheat.
Examples
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The white petals and yellow centers of corn chamomile are easily mistaken for other daisies.
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Gardeners often remove corn chamomile because it spreads rapidly and competes with crops.
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I found some corn chamomile growing in my garden.
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The corn chamomile blooms beautifully in the summer.
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The field was dotted with patches of corn chamomile among the ripening wheat.
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Gardeners often remove corn chamomile because it spreads rapidly and competes with crops.
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The white petals and yellow centers of corn chamomile are easily mistaken for other daisies.
Synonyms
A small white daisy-like weed with a yellow centre that grows in fields
A small white wild flower from Europe that grows like a weed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun-noun compound is compositionally transparent: 'corn' specifies the habitat/association and 'chamomile' names the plant, so the meaning 'a chamomile found in or associated with cornfields' is directly derivable from the constituents. This follows a common cross-linguistic naming pattern for plants and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Corn chamomile gets its name from where it grows and how it looks: it often appears in corn fields and looks like chamomile, a small daisy with white petals and a yellow center. So, the name came to mean 'a daisy-like weed commonly found in cornfields'.
