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mayweed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
may-weed
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

stinking chamomile (Anthemis cotula).

noun

corn chamomile, field chamomile (Anthemis arvensis).

noun

Plants of the genera Matricaria and Tripleurospermum.

noun

A mayflower.

Etymology

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

Origin

Inflected Forms

mayweeds (plural)

Phrases

false mayweed

Synonyms

dog fennel stinking mayweed stinking chamomile anthemis cotula

Questions

What does mayweed mean?
stinking chamomile (Anthemis cotula).
Where does mayweed come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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