Yarrow meaning

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Any of several plants of the genus Achillea of the composite family, especially A. millefolium, having finely dissected foliage and flat corymbs of usually white flower heads.
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Any of a genus (Achillea) of perennial plants of the composite family; esp., the common yarrow (A. millefolium), having a strong smell and taste, finely divided leaves, and clusters of small, pink or white flower heads.
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Any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus Achillea, used in traditional herbal medicine.
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(UK) The green woodpecker, Picus viridis.
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Origin of yarrow

  • Middle English yarowe from Old English gearwe
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Middle English yarowe, yarwe, from Old English Ä¡earwe. Cognate with Dutch gerw (“yarrow"), (probably) German Schafgarbe.
    From Wiktionary

Yarrow Sentence Examples

  • Many herbs have had the power of curing all diseases attributed to them, and have hence had the name of "all-heal"; such have been, among others, the mistletoe, the woundwort (Stachys palustris), the yarrow or milfoil, and the great valerian.

  • CHORLEY, a market town and municipal borough in the Chorley parliamentary division of Lancashire, England, on the river Yarrow, 202 m.

  • The more loyal William Douglas, in 1353, slew his kinsman, the shifty Knight of Liddesdale, on the braes of Yarrow, and a fragment of one of the oldest Scottish ballads deplores his fall.

  • Companion plants like marigolds, yarrow, and onions can add a pretty border to the raised beds as well as keep pests from moving in.

  • Other useful herbs to reduce symptoms are yarrow (Achillea millefolium), eyebright (Euphrasia officinalis), garlic (Allium sativum), and onions (Allium cepa).

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