🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

manzanilla

Pronunciation / Transliteration: man.saˈni.ʎa

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Camomile/ˈkæm.ə.maɪl/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Tomar un té de manzanilla es excelente para la digestión."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A low-growing plant with daisy-like white and yellow flowers, often used to make a soothing herbal tea.

    "She brewed a warm cup of camomile tea to help her relax before sleep."
  2. 2

    The dried flower heads of this plant used medicinally or for infusions.

    "The herbalist recommended adding dried camomile to the bathwater for its calming properties."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin chamaemelum, which comes from the Greek khamaimēlon, meaning 'earth apple' because of the apple-like scent of the plant. The term entered Middle English via Old French in the late medieval period.

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