pineapple weed

British  

noun

1. an Asian plant, Matricaria matricarioides, naturalized in Europe and North America, having greenish-yellow flower heads, and smelling of pineapple when crushed: family Asteraceae (composites)

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Example Sentences

Her mother, Ann, gave her honeysuckle flowers to suck on hot days and often added pineapple weed to lemonade or cleavers and violets to tea.

From Washington Post

He tells me that he prepared a list because he knew he'd blank on the specifics: Cornelian cherries, Saskatoon berries, pineapple weed, basil.

From Salon

For example, the pineapple weed — also known as wild chamomile — that's currently in his freezer grows at the edge of his driveway.

From Salon