Mil·foil n. 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).
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Yar·row n. Bot. An American and European composite plant (Achillea Millefolium) with very finely dissected leaves and small white corymbed flowers. It has a strong, and somewhat aromatic, odor and taste, and is sometimes used in making beer, or is dried for smoking. Called also milfoil, and nosebleed.
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Achillea millefolium
n : ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of
wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate
leaves and small usually white florets; widely
naturalized in North America [syn: yarrow, milfoil]