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US /ˈkæm.ə.maɪl/ 
UK /ˈkæm.ə.maɪl/ 

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

chamomile

chamomile /ˈkæməmaɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable, uncountable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: camomilla, from Latin chamaemelon, from Greek, from chamai (CHAMELION) + melon 'apple']
another spelling of ↑camomile
 

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chamomile

chamo·mile (especially NAmE) (also camo·mile especially in BrE)  [ˈkæməmaɪl]    [ˈkæməmaɪl]  noun uncountable
a plant with a sweet smell and small white and yellow flowers. Its dried leaves and flowers are used to make tea, medicine, etc
chamomile tea
See also: camomile  
Word Origin:

[chamomile] Middle English: from Old French camomille, from late Latin chamomilla, from Greek khamaimēlon ‘earth-apple’ (because of the apple-like smell of its flowers).

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

camomile ( also chamomile ) / ˈkæm.ə.maɪl / noun [ U ]

a sweet-smelling plant whose white and yellow flowers have uses in medicine and are also used to make tea:

camomile tea

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

camomile

/kæməmaɪl/
also chamomile
Camomile is a scented plant with flowers like small daisies. The flowers can be used to make herbal tea.

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Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

camomile

camomile variant spelling of chamomile

chamomile

cham·o·mile or cam·o·mile /ˈkæməˌmajəl/ noun [noncount] : a plant that has a strong smell and small white and yellow flowers that are often used in making tea and medicine
chamomile tea