milfoil

/'milfɔil/

Thân thiện

A bee lands on a milfoil's white florets in a sunny meadow.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A common, strongly scented, mat-forming Eurasian herb (Achillea millefolium) of waste ground, hedgerows, or pastures, characterized by narrow, serrated leaves and small, typically white flower heads; it is widely naturalized in North America. This plant is also commonly known as yarrow.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The field was dotted with patches of milfoil.
  • Milfoil has been used in traditional medicine for centuries.
  • She identified the plant with the feathery leaves as common milfoil.

Advanced Usage

• In Botany: The term "milfoil" is sometimes used more broadly to refer to other plants with finely divided, feathery leaves, but its primary and most common reference is to (common yarrow).
  • The aquatic milfoils (genus Myriophyllum) are a different group of plants, but the name references a similar leaf structure.

Variants and Related Words

• Yarrow (n): The most common synonym for .
  • Yarrow is often found growing along roadsides.
• Achillea millefolium (n): The scientific Latin name for the common milfoil/yarrow.

Synonyms

• Yarrow: The standard common name.
• Nosebleed plant: A folk name referencing one of its traditional medicinal uses.
• Thousand-leaf: A direct translation of its Latin species name ().

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

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Related Idioms

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Học thuật

Noun

1. 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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• yarrow
• Achillea millefolium