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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MAYWEED

Changed from Old English mægtha mayweed + weed1.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MAYWEED

mayweed  [ˈmeɪˌwiːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAYWEED

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Mayweed is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAYWEED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mayweed

Mayweed is a common name for two different species of flowering plants and also a name commonly used for several genera of the tribe Anthemideae whose species are currently in a flux of renaming: Species with a common name of Mayweed: Anthemis cotula Anthemis arvensis Oncosiphon suffruticosum Genera commonly called Mayweed: Matricaria Tripleurospermum...

Definition of mayweed in the English dictionary

The definition of mayweed in the dictionary is Also called: dog fennel, stinking mayweed. a widespread Eurasian weedy plant, Anthemis cotula, having evil-smelling leaves and daisy-like flower heads: family Asteraceae.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAYWEED


bindweed
ˈbaɪndˌwiːd
butterweed
ˈbʌtəˌwiːd
chickweed
ˈtʃɪkˌwiːd
crazyweed
ˈkreɪzɪˌwiːd
duckweed
ˈdʌkˌwiːd
dyeweed
ˈdaɪˌwiːd
fireweed
ˈfaɪəˌwiːd
gumweed
ˈɡʌmˌwiːd
hawkweed
ˈhɔːkˌwiːd
hogweed
ˈhɒɡˌwiːd
ironweed
ˈaɪənˌwiːd
knapweed
ˈnæpˌwiːd
knotweed
ˈnɒtˌwiːd
milkweed
ˈmɪlkˌwiːd
pigweed
ˈpɪɡˌwiːd
pokeweed
ˈpəʊkˌwiːd
pondweed
ˈpɒndˌwiːd
ragweed
ˈræɡˌwiːd
seaweed
ˈsiːˌwiːd
tumbleweed
ˈtʌmbəlˌwiːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAYWEED

mayhap
mayhem
Mayhew
Maying
mayn´t
Mayo
Mayon
mayonnaise
mayor
mayoral
mayoralties
mayoralty
mayoress
mayorship
Mayotte
maypole
maypop
mayst
maysterdome
mazaedium

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAYWEED

Berwick-upon-Tweed
brown seaweed
butterfly weed
giant hogweed
Harris Tweed
Janjaweed
jimson weed
joe-pye weed
locoweed
red seaweed
richweed
scentless mayweed
silverweed
smartweed
snakeweed
stinking mayweed
stinkweed
the weed
tweed
weed

Synonyms and antonyms of mayweed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mayweed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAYWEED

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Translator English - German

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Translator English - Japanese

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Translator English - Korean

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Translator English - Javanese

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Translator English - Vietnamese

một giống cúc hôi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேவீட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेवेइड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

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70 millions of speakers

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Translator English - Ukrainian

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Translator English - Romanian

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Translator English - Greek

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Translator English - Afrikaans

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Translator English - Swedish

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Translator English - Norwegian

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Trends of use of mayweed

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAYWEED»

The term «mayweed» is normally little used and occupies the 131.818 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAYWEED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mayweed

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAYWEED»

Discover the use of mayweed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mayweed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mayweed
Poetry. Winner of the 2009 Word Works Washington Prize. With seamless craft and lyricism, Frannie Lindsay elevates personal grief to a universal level.
Frannie Lindsay, 2009
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Noxious Weeds of Australia
stinking. mayweed. germinations and sow as late as possible. Treat weeds appearing. Leaves of lacy ragweed are deeply divided into narrow segments. FLOWERS Of two kinds on the one plant: male florets greenish white, about 12 ...
William Thomas Parsons, Eric George Cuthbertson, 2001
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Culpeper's Complete Herbal, and English Physician
MAYWEED. Kinds and Names. There are three sorts: l. Cotula fteiid, or Anthemis, stinking mayweed. 2. Cotula non falida, mayweed with no scent. Stinking mayweed groweth more upright than that which hath no smell, or than common ...
Nicholas Culpeper, 1826
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The Ihaka Trilogy Vol 2 (Large Print 16pt)
Mayweed waited till Latimer had removed his helmet then said, “Bryce Spurdle says gidday,” and punched him very hard in the mouth. Latimer fell over and Mayweed, who'd come prepared in heavy work boots, kicked whichever part of his ...
Paul Thomas, 2010
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Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the Bible
LD50 (Hydroethanolic Fruit Extract) = 1000 mg/kg ipr rat (TRA). MAYWEED ( ANTHEMIS COTULA L.) + ASTERACEAE Synonyms: Anthemis abyssinica J. Gay ; Anthemis foetida L.; Anthemis heterophylla Wallr.; Anthemis psorosperma Ten.;  ...
James A. Duke, 2007
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Weeds of California and Other Western States
SYNONYMS: dillweed; dog daisy; dog-fennel; dog's chamomile; fetid chamomile; hogs fennel; mather; manzanillo; mayweed; stinking chamomile; stinking daisy; stinkweed; white stinkweed; Anthemis foetida Lam.; Maruta cotula (L.) DC.; ...
Joseph M. DiTomaso, Evelyn A. Healy, 2007
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A Natural Arrangement of British Plants: According to Their ...
Dioscorides. Mayweed. Pericline hemispherical ; scales imbricate, coriaceous, edge membranaceous ; calaihides radiated ; flowers all fertile; of the centre hermaphrodite, yellow; of the rays female, of a different colour; ligulse oblong, toothed; ...
Samuel Frederick Gray, 1821
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Rabbit Nutrition
Mayweed There are two species of Mayweed, Scentless Mayweed ( tripleurospermum inodorum) and Pineapple Mayweed (matricia matricaioides) . They are closely related to Chamomile spp. Description:- Scentless Mayweed is an odourless, ...
Virginia Richardson MRCVS
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Women in Print: Essays on the Print Culture of American ...
Lois Waisbrooker, “My Father,” Mayweed Blossoms, 137; for the reference to her lack of education as a child, see Waisbrooker, Suffrage for Woman, 12, and for a discussion of her observations of nature, see Mayweed Blossoms, 12–13. 5.
James P. Danky, Wayne A. Wiegand, 2006
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Weiss's Herbal Medicine
A plant closely resembling the wild chamomile is the scentless mayweed or corn feverfew, Matricaria inodora or Tripleurospermum inodorum. The absence of any scent makes it easy to distinguish from the wild chamomile. Apart from that, it is ...
Rudolf Fritz Weiss, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAYWEED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mayweed is used in the context of the following news items.
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EAMU update: Springbok for the protection of cabbage, broccoli …
... groundsel (Senecio vulgaris), mayweed (Matricaria spp), redshank, shepherds purse and small nettle on outdoor crops of broccoli, calabrese ... «Horticulture Week, Jun 15»
2
WSU tour offers new ways to battle weeds
Problem weeds this year include Italian ryegrass, common lamb's quarters and mayweed chamomile, also known as dog fennel, said Drew ... «Capital Press, Jun 15»
3
Focus on: Iremongers Pond nature reserve
Plants recorded include sneezewort, redshank, mayweed, shepherd's purse, red clover, common toadflax, common mouse ear, scented ... «Nottingham Post, May 15»
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UK coastal walks: Prawle Point, Devon
Thrift, burnet rose, sea mayweed and sea beet grow amongst the crags, and rare sea storks bill around the look-out. 3. Continue along the path ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
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Broad-leaved weeds are becoming harder to kill
At present, herbicide resistance is confirmed in mayweed, chickweed and poppy, but there may be more resistant species out there as many ... «FarmersWeekly, Apr 15»
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Cereal and maize herbicide from 1960s has UK revival
“Bromoxynil is a similar type of active to ioxynil so farmers using Buctril will still get good control of poppy and mayweed, which are some of the ... «FarmersWeekly, Mar 15»
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Prolific product pipeline bears fruit for Aussie agrochem firm
With ALS herbicide resistance now present in poppy, chickweed and mayweed, they can offer resistance-busting alternatives to popular ... «FarmersWeekly, Mar 15»
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7 Facts on Johnny Appleseed
He understood how to derive treatments from natural ingredients such as mullein, motherwort, mayweed and pennyroyal. Along with apples ... «Biography, Mar 15»
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Wild in the City: hooded mergansers
... my mystery plant is actually Tripleurospermum inodorum, commonly known as scentless chamomile, wild chamomile or scentless mayweed. «Toronto Star, Dec 14»
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State, contractors fail to keep invasive weeds out of Chugach State …
... weeds found in the new parking area were shepherd's purse, common lambsquarters, prostrate knotweed, and scentless false mayweed. «Alaska Dispatch, Nov 14»

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