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Definition of 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
Medical Definition of Matricaria
1. The flowers of Matricaria chamomilla (family Compositae); used internally as a tonic and externally as a counterirritant. See: chamomile. Origin: L. Matrix, womb (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Matricaria
Literary usage of Matricaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Botany, Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1804)
"matricaria Chamomilla. Linn. Sp. PI. 1256. Sm. Fl. Brit. 902. Huds. 372. With.
736. ... Anthemis Cotula, more like the matricaria in general appearance, ..."
2. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1900)
"matricaria is described by the USP as follows: "About 15 to 20 Mm. (£ to £ inch
broad), ... Werner, in 1867, states to have obtained from matricaria ..."
3. Origin and History of All the Pharmacopeial Vegetable Drugs, Chemicals and by John Uri Lloyd (1921)
"matricaria (German Chamomile) Introduced in 1840, but in this and the following
... matricaria Chamomilla, German chamomile, is the cultivated form of ..."
4. A Guide to Therapeutics and Materia Medica by Robert Farquharson (1877)
"The flowers of matricaria Chamomilla, US Resembles chamomile in its properties,
but is rarely used in America.] [MEL—HONEY. A saccharine liquid prepared by ..."
5. The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs by Albert Schneider (1921)
"Adulterated with leaves of related species and leaves of other plants which all
differ considerably histologically. Compare trichomes. 135. matricaria. ..."
6. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1860)
"According to M. Timbal-Lagrave, the flowers of matricaria ... but upon examining
the flowers of the cultivated matricaria Parthenium, Double Feverfew, ..."
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