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Webster 1913 Edition


Milfoil

Mil′foil

,
Noun.
[F.
mille-feuille
, L.
millefolium
;
mille
thousand +
folium
leaf. See
Foil
a leaf.]
(Bot.)
A common composite herb (
Achillea Millefolium
) with white flowers and finely dissected leaves; yarrow.
Water milfoil
(Bot.)
,
an aquatic herb with dissected leaves (
Myriophyllum
).

Webster 1828 Edition


Milfoil

MIL'FOIL

,
Noun.
[L. millefolium, a thousand leaves.]
A plant of the genus Achillea; yarrow.

Definition 2024


milfoil

milfoil

English

milfoil

Noun

milfoil (countable and uncountable, plural milfoils)

  1. Yarrow, Achillea millefolium.
  2. Any of several similar pungent Eurasian herbs, of the genus Achillea
  3. Any plants of the genus Myriophyllum, water milfoil.

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