CORN MAYWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corn mayweed mean? 

• CORN MAYWEED (noun)
  The noun CORN MAYWEED has 2 senses:

1. ubiquitous European annual weed with white flowers and finely divided leaves naturalized and sometimes cultivated in eastern North America; sometimes included in genus Matricaria

2. European white-flowered weed naturalized in North America

  Familiarity information: CORN MAYWEED used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORN MAYWEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ubiquitous European annual weed with white flowers and finely divided leaves naturalized and sometimes cultivated in eastern North America; sometimes included in genus Matricaria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

corn mayweed; Matricaria inodorum; scentless camomile; scentless false camomile; scentless hayweed; scentless mayweed; Tripleurospermum inodorum

Hypernyms ("corn mayweed" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("corn mayweed" is a member of...):

genus Tripleurospermum; Tripleurospermum (small genus comprising plants often included in genus Matricaria)

Sense 2

Meaning:

European white-flowered weed naturalized in North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Anthemis arvensis; corn chamomile; corn mayweed; field chamomile

Hypernyms ("corn mayweed" is a kind of...):

composite; composite plant (considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers)

Holonyms ("corn mayweed" is a member of...):

Anthemis; genus Anthemis (dog fennel)