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may·weed

   [mey-weed]
noun
a composite plant, Anthemis cotula, native to Europe and Asia but naturalized in North America, having pungent, rank-smelling foliage and flower heads with a yellow disk and white rays.
Origin:
1545–55; obsolete mayth mayweed (Middle English maithe, Old English mægtha) + weed1
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mayweed (ˈmeɪˌwiːd)
 
—n
1.  dog fennel, Also called: stinking mayweed a widespread Eurasian weedy plant, Anthemis cotula, having evil-smelling leaves and daisy-like flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
2.  scentless mayweed a similar and related plant, Matricaria maritima, with scentless leaves
 
[C16: changed from Old English mægtha mayweed + weed1]

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