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milfoil |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Yarrow \Yar"row\, n. [OE. yarowe yarwe, [yogh]arowe, AS gearwe akin to D. gerw, OHG. garwa garawa, G. garbe, schafgarbe and perhaps to E. yare.] (Bot.) An American and European composite plant ({Achillea Millefolium}) with very finely dissected leaves and small white corymbed flowers. It has a strong, and somewhat aromatic, odor and taste, and is sometimes used in making beer, or is dried for smoking. Called also {milfoil}, and {nosebleed}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Milfoil \Mil"foil\, n. [F. mille-feuille, L. millefolium mille thousand + folium leaf. See {Foil} a leaf.] (Bot.) A common composite herb ({Achillea Millefolium}) with white flowers and finely dissected leaves; yarrow. {Water milfoil} (Bot.), an aquatic herb with dissected leaves ({Myriophyllum}). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: milfoil n : ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets; widely naturalized in North America [syn: {yarrow}, {Achillea millefolium}]
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