Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several plants of the genus Achillea of the composite family, especially A. millefolium, having finely dissected foliage and flat corymbs of usually white flower heads.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The milfoil, Achillea Millefolium. See
milfoil , and cut on following page.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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 alsomilfoil , andnosebleed .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun any of several
pungent Eurasian herbs , of thegenus Achillea , used in traditionalherbal medicine - noun UK The
green woodpecker ,Picus viridis .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Native perennials such as yarrow and coyote bush were set into a hillside where a stand of eucalyptus had been leveled; Douglas iris and rushes were added to the boggy area where the spring bubbles from below the trunk of a wax myrtle.
SFGate: Top News Stories John King 2010
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Native perennials such as yarrow and coyote bush were set into a hillside where a stand of eucalyptus had been leveled; Douglas iris and rushes were added to the boggy area where the spring bubbles from below the trunk of a wax myrtle.
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Native perennials such as yarrow and coyote bush were set into a hillside where a stand of eucalyptus had been leveled; Douglas iris and rushes were added to the boggy area where the spring bubbles from below the trunk of a wax myrtle.
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Native perennials such as yarrow and coyote bush were set into a hillside where a stand of eucalyptus had been leveled; Douglas iris and rushes were added to the boggy area where the spring bubbles from below the trunk of a wax myrtle.
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Native perennials such as yarrow and coyote bush were set into a hillside where a stand of eucalyptus had been leveled; Douglas iris and rushes were added to the boggy area where the spring bubbles from below the trunk of a wax myrtle.
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In South America the "round-headed hassar" of Guiana, _Callicthys littoralis_, and the "yarrow," a species of the family Esocidæ, although they possess no specially modified respiratory organs, are accustomed to bury themselves in the mud on the subsidence of water in the pools during the dry season. [
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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In South America the "round-headed hassar" of Guiana, _Callicthys littoralis_, and the "yarrow," a species of the family Esocidæ, although they possess no specially modified respiratory organs, are accustomed to bury themselves in the mud on the subsidence of water in the pools during the dry season. [
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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Instead, he indulges his weed-mindfulness, enjoying the sight of "cow parsley and primrose in the spring" and "the fat tussocks of yarrow and plantain" in the summer.
Stow the Mower, Stop Pulling Bill Laws 2011
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For a little skin R and R, I always prepped with loads of Napoleon Complex Skin Renewal Serum and Auto Pilot Pre-Foundation Skin Primer to keep skin nourished and hydrated with ingredients like tri-peptides and yarrow extract.
Napoleon Perdis: Runway to Reality Part II: New York Fashion Week Makeup Looks Napoleon Perdis 2011
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For a little skin R and R, I always prepped with loads of Napoleon Complex Skin Renewal Serum and Auto Pilot Pre-Foundation Skin Primer to keep skin nourished and hydrated with ingredients like tri-peptides and yarrow extract.
Napoleon Perdis: Runway to Reality Part II: New York Fashion Week Makeup Looks Napoleon Perdis 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word yarrow
"The milfoil, Achillea Millefolium. See milfoil, and cut on following page."
-- Cent. Dict.
I love how the second sentence sounds like an instruction to the reader.
June 14, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word yarrow
The "and cut on following page" sounds like permission to steal for a thief who removes prints from rare books.
June 14, 2011