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false chamomile

false chamomile

9.9
A plant with white, pink, or purple flowers like a daisy that blooms in autumn and likes wet ground
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : manzanilla falsa
  • The wild meadow was filled with false chamomile blooming beside the stream in late September.

Examples

  • Gardeners sometimes plant false chamomile for its attractive, aster-like flowers and long blooming period.

  • Unlike true chamomile, false chamomile prefers wetter soils and is more commonly found near marshes.

  • The garden features beautiful false chamomile plants.

  • I bought some false chamomiles for my flower bed.

  • The wild meadow was filled with false chamomile blooming beside the stream in late September.

  • Gardeners sometimes plant false chamomile for its attractive, aster-like flowers and long blooming period.

  • Unlike true chamomile, false chamomile prefers wetter soils and is more commonly found near marshes.

Surface Forms

false chamomile singular
false chamomiles plural

Morphology

false + chamomile

The adjective 'false' (not genuine, imitation) combined with 'chamomile' straightforwardly signals a plant that resembles chamomile but is not the true chamomile. This 'false + noun' pattern is a common compositional strategy across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words can reliably infer the meaning.

Etymology

The noun false chamomile comes from garden talk: its white, daisy-like flowers look like chamomile, but the word false warns it is not the 'true chamomile'. So the name tells you it is a plant that resembles chamomile but is a different species.