milfoil
Americannoun
noun
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another name for yarrow
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See water milfoil
Etymology
Origin of milfoil
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin mīlifolium, equivalent to mīli-, combining form of mille thousand + folium leaf
Example Sentences
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A patch of milfoil sprouting in 18 feet of water.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2022
They gathered mostly to keep company among the ducks and the milfoil harvesters ever busy fighting the lake’s fate as a gooey bog.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2020
Stringent efforts are maintained to prevent zebra mussels, milfoil and other invasive species from gaining a toehold.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2016
Excelsior Brewing Co. is launching a new ale made with invasive species - zebra mussel shells and Eurasian milfoil, an underwater plant - pulled fresh from Lake Minnetonka.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 21, 2014
Among further plants possessing the same quality are the nettle and milfoil, and then there is the famous St. John's wort, popularly nicknamed "devil's flight."
From The Folk-lore of Plants by T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton) Dyer
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