Hypertext Webster Gateway: "milfoil"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Yarrow \Yar"row\, n. [OE. yarowe, yarwe, [yogh]arowe, AS.
gearwe; akin to D. gerw, OHG. garwa, garawa, G. garbe,
schafgarbe, and perhaps to E. yare.] (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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Milfoil \Mil"foil\, n. [F. mille-feuille, L. millefolium; mille
thousand + folium leaf. See {Foil} a leaf.] (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}).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
milfoil
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}, {Achillea
millefolium}]
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