yarrow — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus Achillea, used in traditional herbal medicine.

   Usage

   • Uncountable
   • usually

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   Yarrow is one of the aboriginal English plants, and from time immemorial it has been used in incantations and by witches. Country folk still regard it as one of our most valuable herbs, especially for rheumatism.

2. Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium, the type species of the genus.

   Usage

   • Uncountable
   • usually

   Examples

   The Yarrow, where-with-all he stops the wound-made gore:

   “Oh, yarrow! This is it,” she said, extracting a single long stemmed ferny grass with clusters of small white flowers from the bouquet in her hand.

Noun

1. A green woodpecker, of species Picus viridis.

   Usage

   • UK usage

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

   Synonyms

   milfoilAchillea millefolium

   Broader terms

   achillea