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Achillea Millefolium (gcide) | 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.
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Water milfoil (Bot.), an aquatic herb with dissected leaves
(Myriophyllum).
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Achillea Millefolium (gcide) | 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.
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achillea millefolium (wn) | Achillea millefolium
n 1: 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, milfoil, {Achillea
millefolium}] |
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achillea millefolium (wn) | Achillea millefolium
n 1: 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, milfoil, {Achillea
millefolium}] |
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