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Definition of Scentless mayweed
1. Noun. Ubiquitous European annual weed with white flowers and finely divided leaves naturalized and sometimes cultivated in eastern North America; sometimes included in genus Matricaria.
Group relationships: Genus Tripleurospermum, Tripleurospermum
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scentless Mayweed
Literary usage of Scentless mayweed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1885)
"For instance, Chrysanthemum inodorum, the scentless mayweed, very closely resembles
the camomile in leaves, flowers, and general habit. ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1885)
"The latter species, however, has a strong, bitter taste, which probably serves
as a protection to it, and of which also, perhaps, the scentless mayweed may ..."
3. Flowers, Fruits and Leaves by John Lubbock (1886)
"For instance, Chrysanthemum inodorum, the scentless Mayweed, very closely resembles
the Chamomile in leaves, flowers, and general habit. ..."
4. Flowers, Fruits and Leaves by John Lubbock (1894)
"For instance, Chrysanthemum inodorum, the scentless Mayweed, very closely resembles
the Chamomile in leaves, flowers, and general habit. ..."
5. My Devon Year by Eden Phillpotts (1904)
"... is a likely visitor tucked into the hedge-bank; the ox-eye daisy and other
daisy-flowered folk, such as mayweed and scentless mayweed, are present also; ..."
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