yarrow

¹

[ yar-oh ]

noun

1. a composite plant, Achillea millefolium, of Eurasia, having fernlike leaves and flat-topped clusters of whitish flowers, naturalized in North America.
2. any of various other plants of the genus Achillea, some having yellow flowers.

Yarrow

²

[ yar-oh ]

noun

1. a river in SE Scotland, flowing into the Tweed. 14 miles (23 km) long.

yarrow

/ ˈjærəʊ /

noun

1. See sneezewort
   any of several plants of the genus Achillea, esp A. millefolium, of Eurasia, having finely dissected leaves and flat clusters of white flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites) Also calledmilfoil See also sneezewort

Word History and Origins

Origin of yarrow¹

before 900; Middle English yar ( o ) we, Old English gearwe; cognate with German Garbe sheaf

Word History and Origins

Origin of yarrow¹

Old English gearwe; related to Old High German garwa, Dutch gerwe

Example Sentences

Julie Burkhart intends to change that, reports Allison Yarrow.

From The Daily Beast

When powerful men stray, the press continues to ogle, and shame, the women they do it with, writes Allison Yarrow.

From The Daily Beast

Allison Yarrow on the remarks that could surpass the Todd Akin firestorm.

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Allison Yarrow on a film that may become a movement all its own.

From The Daily Beast

While deejays put in work for Obama, his campaign would rather not make much noise about the effort, reports Allison Yarrow.

From The Daily Beast

From the bottom of the Yarrow shaft radiated numerous empty galleries.

From Project Gutenberg

In the Yarrow shaft there remained only a long succession of ladders, separated at every fifty feet by narrow landings.

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The laws of physiology and of snuff take their course; the Chicken sneezes, and Yarrow is free!

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She was a three-masted schooner with two funnels, fitted with turbines and Yarrow 70 boilers.

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He turned aside to see the valley of the Jed, and got as far as Selkirk in the hope of looking upon Yarrow.

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