common yarrow

English

a common yarrow, Achillea millefolium

Noun

common yarrow (uncountable)

1. Achillea millefolium, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of blood.

Synonyms

• (Achillea millefolium): nosebleed plant, old man's pepper, devil's nettle, sanguinary, milfoil, soldier's woundwort, thousand-leaf, thousand-seal
• See also Thesaurus:yarrow

References

• “common yarrow”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Achillea millefolium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Achillea millefolium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Achillea millefolium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons