MATRICARIA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Matricaria mean? 

• MATRICARIA (noun)
  The noun MATRICARIA has 1 sense:

1. chiefly Old World strong-smelling weedy herbs; comprises plants sometimes included in other genera: e.g. Tanacetum; Tripleurospermum

  Familiarity information: MATRICARIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MATRICARIA (noun)

Meaning:

Chiefly Old World strong-smelling weedy herbs; comprises plants sometimes included in other genera: e.g. Tanacetum; Tripleurospermum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Matricaria; Matricaria

Hypernyms ("Matricaria" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Matricaria"):

German chamomile; Matricaria chamomilla; Matricaria recutita; sweet false chamomile; wild chamomile (annual Eurasian herb similar in fragrance and medicinal uses to chamomile though taste is more bitter and effect is considered inferior)

Matricaria matricarioides; pineapple weed; rayless chamomile (annual aromatic weed of Pacific coastal areas (United States and northeastern Asia) having bristle-pointed leaves and rayless yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("Matricaria" is a member of...):

aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)