yarrow

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ærəʊ

Etymology 1

Old English ġearwe Cognate with Dutch gerw (“yarrow”), (probably) German Schafgarbe.

Noun

yarrow (plural yarrows)

1. any of several pungent Eurasian herbs, of the genus Achillea, used in traditional herbal medicine

Synonyms

• milfoil

Translations

any of several pungent Eurasian herbs, of the genus Achillea

Albanian: bari mijëfletësh (sq) Armenian: հազարատերևուկ (hy) Catalan: milfulles (ca) f. Croatian: stolisnik (hr) Czech: řebříček (cs) Danish: røllike (da) c. Dutch: gerw (nl) m. and f., duizendblad (nl) n. Estonian: raudrohi (et) Finnish: kärsämöt (fi) French: achillée (fr) f., mille-feuille (fr) f. Galician: milfollas (gl) m. German: Schafgarbe (de) f. Greek: aγριαψιθιά (el) Hungarian: cickafark (hu)

Italian: millefoglio (it) m. Lithuanian: kraujažolė (lt) Navajo: hazéí yiltseeʼí Norwegian: ryllik (no) c. Occitan: milafuèlhas (oc) m. Polish: krwawnik (pl) m. Portuguese: milefólio (pt) m. Romanian: coada șoricelui (ro) Russian: тысячелистник (ru) m. Slovene: rman (sl) Spanish: milenrama (es) f. Swedish: röllika (sv) c., rölleka (sv) c. Welsh: milddail (cy)

Etymology 2

Noun

yarrow (plural yarrows)

1. (UK) The green woodpecker, Picus viridis.

Anagrams

• arrowy