yarrow

[ yar-oh ]

/ ˈyær oʊ /

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noun

a composite plant, Achillea millefolium, of Eurasia, having fernlike leaves and flat-topped clusters of whitish flowers, naturalized in North America.

any of various other plants of the genus Achillea, some having yellow flowers.

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Origin of yarrow

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

Words nearby yarrow

Yaroslavl, yarovize, yarraman, yarran, Yarra River, yarrow, yashmak, Yasht, Yasmin, Yasna, Yastrzemski

Other definitions for yarrow (2 of 2)

Yarrow

[ yar-oh ]

/ ˈyær oʊ /

noun

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

How to use yarrow in a sentence

Julie Burkhart intends to change that, reports Allison Yarrow.
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When powerful men stray, the press continues to ogle, and shame, the women they do it with, writes Allison Yarrow.
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From the bottom of the Yarrow shaft radiated numerous empty galleries.
The Underground City|Jules Verne
In the Yarrow shaft there remained only a long succession of ladders, separated at every fifty feet by narrow landings.
The Underground City|Jules Verne
The laws of physiology and of snuff take their course; the Chicken sneezes, and Yarrow is free!
Spare Hours|John Brown
She was a three-masted schooner with two funnels, fitted with turbines and Yarrow 70 boilers.
The Pirate of Panama|William MacLeod Raine
He turned aside to see the valley of the Jed, and got as far as Selkirk in the hope of looking upon Yarrow.
Robert Burns|Principal Shairp.

British Dictionary definitions for yarrow

yarrow

/ (ˈjærəʊ) /

noun

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 called: milfoil See also sneezewort

Word Origin for yarrow

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

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