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thousand-leaf en · NOUN

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1. (uncountable, usually) Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, featuring finely divided leaves.
   • Nose-blood, Thousand-leaf, Yarrow, is so well known that I need not waste time to describe it. 1868, Gardeners Chronicle & New Horticulturist, page 525:
   • Because of the many small parts of its leaves, yarrow is often known as milfoil, or thousand-leaves. 2011, Fran Kelso, Plant Lore of an Alaskan Island, page 112:

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Achillea millefolium