dogfennel

English

Alternative forms

• dog fennel, dog-fennel, dog's fennel

Etymology

From Middle English dogfynell; equivalent to dog +‎ fennel.

Noun

dogfennel (plural dogfennels)

1. Anthemis cotula, an annual plant native to Europe and North Africa.
2. (chiefly Canada, US) Any of various similar American plants, especially Eupatorium capillifolium, a perennial plant.
   • 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury:

     “I aint been teasing him.” Luster said. “He was playing with that bottle full of dogfennel and all of a sudden he started up bellering.”

3. A plant in the genus Chamaemelum.

Translations

Anthemis cotula

• Bulgarian: подрумиче n (podrumiče)
• Catalan: camamilla pudent f
• German: Stinkende Hundskamille f