thousand-leaf

noun

Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, featuring finely divided leaves.

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Meanings

nounthousand-leaf (usually uncountable, plural thousand-leaves)

plural thousand-leaves

  1. uncountableusuallyAchillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, featuring finely divided leaves.

    Nose-blood, Thousand-leaf, Yarrow, is so well known that I need not waste time to describe it.

    1868, Gardeners Chronicle & New Horticulturist, page 525
    1 more example

    Because of the many small parts of its leaves, yarrow is often known as milfoil, or thousand-leaves.

    2011, Fran Kelso, Plant Lore of an Alaskan Island, page 112

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
common yarrowyarrow
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