milfoil

English

milfoil or common yarrow, Achillea millefolium

Etymology

From Old French milfoil (modern French mille-feuille), from Latin millefolium, from mīlle + folium. Doublet of mille-feuille.

Noun

milfoil (countable and uncountable, plural milfoils)

1. Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium.
2. Any of several similar pungent Eurasian herbs, of the genus Achillea
3. Any plants of the genus Myriophyllum; water milfoil.

Synonyms

• (Achillea millefolium): common yarrow
• (Achillea): yarrow; see also Thesaurus:yarrow
• (Myriophyllum): watermilfoil, water milfoil

Translations

Achillea millefolium — see common yarrow

herb of the genus Achillea

• Bulgarian: хилядолистник m (hiljadolistnik), равнец (bg) m (ravnec)
• Finnish: kärsämö (fi)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: pûjang (ku) f

• Polish: krwawnik (pl) m
• Russian: тысячели́стник (ru) m (tysjačelístnik)

plant of the genus Myriophyllum — see watermilfoil