dogfennel

English

Alternative forms

dog fennel, dog-fennel, dog's fennel

Etymology

From Middle English dogfynell; equivalent to dog +‎ fennel.

Noun

dogfennel (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

Anthemis cotula

Bulgarian: подрумиче n (podrumiče)

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