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dogfennel

dogfennel noun: anthemis cotula, an annual plant native to Europe and North Africa.

Noun

dogfennel (plural dogfennels)

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

Forms of dogfennel

pluraldogfennels
alternative formdog fennel
alternative formdog-fennel
alternative formdog's fennel

Origin of dogfennel

From Middle English dogfynell; equivalent to dog + fennel.

Questions about dogfennel

What does dogfennel mean?
Dogfennel means anthemis cotula, an annual plant native to Europe and North Africa.
What part of speech is dogfennel?
Dogfennel is a noun.
What is the plural of dogfennel?
The plural of dogfennel is dogfennels.

Words near dogfennel in the dictionary

  1. dogeza
  2. dogface
  3. dogfaces
  4. dogfall
  5. dogfalls
  6. dogfennel
  7. dogfennels
  8. dogfight
  9. dogfighter
  10. dogfighters
  11. dogfighting

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