Yarrow

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several plants of the genus Achillea of the composite family, especially A. millefolium, native to Eurasia, having finely dissected foliage and flat corymbs of usually white flower heads. Also called achillea, milfoil.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. any of several pungent Eurasian herbs, of the genus Achillea, used in traditional herbal medicine
  • n. The green woodpecker, Picus viridis.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The milfoil, Achillea Millefolium. See milfoil, and cut on following page.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    achillea   
    Variant
    milfoil    nosebleed   
    Synonym
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    milfoil   
    Rhyme
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    Arcaro    Caro    Catanzaro    Ferraro    Kilimanjaro    Pizarro    amaro    baro    bucaro    carbonaro   
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