Crossword clues for milfoil
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
n. 1 yarrow, ''Achillea millefolium''. 2 Any of several similar pungent Eurasian herbs, of the genus ''Achillea'' 3 Any plants of the genus (taxlink Myriophyllum genus noshow=1), water milfoil.
WordNet
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]
Wikipedia
Milfoil is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
- The flowering terrestrial plant Achillea millefolium (known commonly as yarrow)
- The aquatic plants in the genus Myriophyllum (commonly referred to as water milfoil and other variations including the word milfoil)
Usage examples of "milfoil".
A rush of scent billowed up, dust dancing as wind caught and worried at dried summer milfoil, placed at the top.
A fragment of a mulberry branch, still bearing leaves and even a couple of actual berries, had gotten wedged into a flexing joint between two adjoining armor plates, and long ropes of milfoil trailed from its ankles.
To the same natural order as the Mare's Tail (Haloragaceae) belongs the Water Milfoil, which has the following varieties: Spiked Water Milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), an aquatic plant forming a tangled mass of slender, much branched stems.