I have some lovely scarlet pimqernel, corn camomile (you may know that better as mayweed) ... '. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral In Berlin]
Botanists found it included cornflowers and mayweed that were fresh at the time the decoration was made. From Wordnik.com. [Tutankhamun Died In a Hunting Accident | Impact Lab] Reference
Take a teaspoonful of powdered charcoal in molasses every morning, and wash it down with a little tea, or drink half a glass of raw rum or gin, and drink freely of mayweed tea. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
"The cornflower and mayweed on the garland around the mummy were in flower in March and April, which tells us the time of year he was buried," said Nigel Hepper of the Royal Horticultural Society at Kew Gardens. From Wordnik.com. [Tutankhamun Died In a Hunting Accident | Impact Lab] Reference
It held many memories for Sam -- a gift from Cata, way back when; he'd never used it professionally except once to carry willowbark and mayweed powder in, sovereign against the headaches that plagued him one year during a particularly bad pollen harvest. From Wordnik.com. [Villains by Necessity]
By this time generally the corn is high above the mayweed, but this year the flower is level with its shelter. From Wordnik.com. [The Toilers of the Field] Reference
High levels of thistles and mayweed need treating as soon as possible, but check growth stage before applying herbicides. From Wordnik.com. [FWi - All News] Reference
Without IPU we will see weeds such as groundsel and mayweed slipping through the net, and some mopping up in spring may be required. From Wordnik.com. [FWi - All News] Reference
Some knotty knapweeds stay in out-of-the-way places, where the scythe has not been; some bunches of mayweed, too, are visible in the corners of the stubble. From Wordnik.com. [Nature Near London] Reference
Galera (picloram+clopyralid) will suppress poppies when applied in the autumn, although its real value comes in the spring for tidying up cleavers, groundsel and mayweed, he continues. From Wordnik.com. [FWi - All News] Reference
Where these, mayweed or cleavers need controlling, wait for warmer weather at the end of February/early March before applying Dow Shield (clopyralid) for thistles and mayweed or Galera (clopyralid + picloram) for mayweed and cleavers. From Wordnik.com. [FWi - All News] Reference
Where these, mayweed or cleavers need controlling, wait for warmer weather at the end of February / early March before applying Dow Shield (clopyralid) for thistles and mayweed or Galera (clopyralid + picloram) for mayweed and cleavers. From Wordnik.com. [FWi - All News] Reference
Out from that trench, sometimes stealthily slipping between the flattened fern-stalks, came a weasel, and, running through the plantains and fringe-like mayweed or stray pimpernel which covered the neglected ground, made for the straw-rick. From Wordnik.com. [Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies] Reference
Yellows of different complexions were discovered in mayweed, goldenrod and sumac, and the little-girl Faiths and Hopes and Harmonys came in with fingers pink from the handling of pokeberries and purple from blackberry stain, tempting the sight with evanescent dyes which would not keep their color even when stayed with alum and fortified with salt. From Wordnik.com. [The Development of Embroidery in America] Reference
בבונג (קמומיל): German chamomile / Scented mayweed. From Wordnik.com. [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference
Saving the mayweed and the pigweed. From Wordnik.com. [Elegy before Death] Reference
Scabious, Wood-betony, Brown-mayweed, Mints. From Wordnik.com. [The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened] Reference
Elder, rue, and saffron were English herbs that were made settlers here and carefully cultivated; so also were sage, hyssop, tansy, wormwood, celandine, comfrey, mallows, mayweed, yarrow, chamomile, dandelion, shepherd's-purse, bloody dock, elecampane, motherwort, burdock, plantain, catnip, mint, fennel, and dill -- all now flaunting weeds. From Wordnik.com. [Customs and Fashions in Old New England] Reference
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