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See also: Yarrow
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjæɹəʊ/
Audio (RP) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjɛɹoʊ/
- Rhymes: -æɹəʊ
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English ȝarowe, yarowe, yarwe, from Old English ġearwe, from Proto-West Germanic *garwu (“yarrow, yarrow-like herbs”). Cognate with Dutch gerw (“yarrow”) and German (Schaf-)garbe.
Noun[edit]
yarrow (usually uncountable, plural yarrows)
- Any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus Achillea, used in traditional herbal medicine.
- Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium, the type species of the genus.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 13 p. 218[1]:
- The Yarrow, where-with-all he stops the wound-made gore:
- 1979, Victor Kaplan, The Woman who Gathered Yarrow; The Box; Miss Vesey's Other Leg, →ISBN, page 11:
- “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.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 13 p. 218[1]:
Synonyms[edit]
- (Achillea spp.): milfoil, achillea
- (Achillea millefolium): devil's nettle, sanguinary, soldier's woundwort, thousand-leaf
- See also Thesaurus:yarrow
Hyponyms[edit]
- Alps yarrow, Achillea distans
- Chinese yarrow, Achillea alpina
- Egyptian yarrow, Achillea aegyptiaca
- fernleaf yarrow, Achillea filipendulina
- Ligurian yarrow, Achillea ligustica
- noble yarrow, Achillea nobilis
- Siberian yarrow, Achillea sibirica
Translations[edit]
herb of the genus Achillea
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Achillea millefolium — see common yarrow
Further reading[edit]
Achillea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
yarrow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- yarrow at USDA Plants database
Etymology 2[edit]

a green woodpecker, Picus viridis
Origin unknown. Perhaps imitative of the bird's cry; compare yaffle, hewhole.
Noun[edit]
yarrow (plural yarrows)
- (UK) The green woodpecker, Picus viridis.
Translations[edit]
Picus viridis — see green woodpecker
Further reading[edit]
European green woodpecker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Picus viridis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams[edit]
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