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Definition of Genus Matricaria
1. Noun. Chiefly Old World strong-smelling weedy herbs; comprises plants sometimes included in other genera: e.g. Tanacetum; Tripleurospermum.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: German Chamomile, Matricaria Chamomilla, Matricaria Recutita, Sweet False Chamomile, Wild Chamomile, Matricaria Matricarioides, Pineapple Weed, Rayless Chamomile
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Matricaria
Literary usage of Genus Matricaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"genus Matricaria,* Linn. B. & H., Gen., ii, p. 427. Species about 20, inhabitants
of the northern hemisphere and of South Africa. • 155. ..."
2. And the Wilderness Blossomed by Frederick Stoever Dickson (1901)
"Gray classes the MAYWEED under the genus Anthemis, but others group the seventy-odd
species in the genus Matricaria. All the species are natives of Europe, ..."
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