milfoil
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium.
- (countable, uncountable) Any of several similar pungent Eurasian herbs, of the genus Achillea
- (countable, uncountable) Any plants of the genus Myriophyllum; water milfoil.
Synonyms
common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
thousand-leaf
hierba de las cortaduras
plumajillo
western yarrow
nosebleed plant
thousand-seal
gordaldo
devil's nettle
old man's pepper
soldier's woundwort
Carpenter’s weed
Translations
milenrama
mil-em-rama milfólio
duizendblad
mille-feuille
pûjang
millefoglie
GarbeEtymology
In summary
From Old French milfoil (modern French mille-feuille), from Latin millefolium, from mīlle + folium. Doublet of mille-feuille.
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