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)

Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium.
Any of several similar pungent Eurasian herbs, of the genus Achillea
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

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