Milfoil

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {Water milfoil} (Bot.), an aquatic herb with dissected leaves
        ({Myriophyllum}).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]