Milfoil

Milfoil

Milfoil can refer to:

  • The flowering terrestrial plant yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
  • The aquatic plants in Genus Myriophyllum (commonly referred to as water milfoil and other variations including the word milfoil)

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Milfoil — Mil foil, n. [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. [1913 Webster] {Water milfoil}… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • milfoil — [mil′foil΄] n. [OFr < L millefolium < mille, thousand + folium, leaf (see FOLIATE): from the finely divided leaves] 1. YARROW 2. WATER MILFOIL …   English World dictionary

  • milfoil — Yarrow Yar row, n. [OE. yarowe, yarwe, [yogh]arowe, AS. gearwe; akin to D. gerw, OHG. garwa, garawa, G. garbe, schafgarbe, and perhaps to E. yare.] (Bot.) An American and European composite plant ({Achillea Millefolium}) with very finely… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • milfoil — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin millefolium, from mille + folium leaf more at blade Date: 13th century 1. yarrow 2. water milfoil …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • milfoil — [ mɪlfɔɪl] noun 1》 the common yarrow. 2》 (also water milfoil) an aquatic plant with whorls of fine submerged leaves and wind pollinated flowers. [Genus Myriophyllum.] Origin ME: via OFr. from L. millefolium, from mille thousand + folium leaf …   English new terms dictionary

  • milfoil — /ˈmɪlfɔɪl / (say milfoyl) noun 1. a herbaceous plant, Achillea millefolium, with finely divided leaves and small white to red flowers, sometimes used in medicine as a tonic and astringent; yarrow. 2. any of a number of species of Myriophyllum,… …  

  • milfoil — paprastoji kraujažolė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Astrinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, prieskoninis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Achillea millefolium), paplitęs Europoje, Azijoje ir Šiaurės Amerikoje. Iš jo gaminami maisto priedai… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • milfoil — kraujažolė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Astrinių (Asteraceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Achillea). atitikmenys: lot. Achillea angl. bloodwort; yarrow; milfoil; thousand leaf vok. Schafgarbe rus. тысячелистник lenk. krwawnik …   Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • milfoil — /mil foyl /, n. yarrow (def. 1). [1250 1300; ME < OF < L milifolium, equiv. to mili , comb. form of mille thousand + folium leaf] * * * …   Universalium

  • milfoil — noun any of several pungent Eurasian herbs, of the genus Achillea Syn: yarrow …   Wiktionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”