dogfennel
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle English dogfynell; equivalent to dog + fennel.
Noun
editdogfennel (plural dogfennels)
- Anthemis cotula, an annual plant native to Europe and North Africa.
- (chiefly Canada, US) Any of various similar American plants, especially Eupatorium capillifolium, a perennial plant.
- 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury:
- “I aint been teasing him.” Luster said. “He was playing with that bottle full of dogfennel and all of a sudden he started up bellering.”
- A plant in the genus Chamaemelum.
Translations
editAnthemis cotula
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