yarrow en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈjæɹoʊ/ (General-American)
- /ˈjɛ(ə)ɹoʊ/ Mary–marry–merry merger
- /ˈjæɹəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English ȝarowe, yarowe, yarwe, from Old English ġearwe, from Proto-West Germanic *garwā (“yarrow, yarrow-like herbs”), perhaps derived from *garu (“prepared, ready (of food)”), as the plant was used medicinally for digestion. Cognate with Dutch gerw (“yarrow”) and German (Schaf-)garbe.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus Achillea, used in traditional herbal medicine.
Yarrow is one of the aboriginal English plants, and from time immemorial it has been used in incantations and by witches. Country folk still regard it as one of our most valuable herbs, especially for rheumatism.
1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, Longmans, Green and Co.:
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(uncountable, usually) Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium, the type species of the genus.
“Oh, yarrow! This is it,” she said, extracting a single long stemmed ferny grass with clusters of small white flowers from the bouquet in her hand.
1979, Victor Kaplan, The Woman who Gathered Yarrow; The Box; Miss Vesey's Other Leg, →ISBN, page 11:The Yarrow, where-with-all he stops the wound-made gore:
1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 13 p. 218:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| yarrows | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hyponyms
sneezewort yarrow · Alps yarrow · common yarrow · maudlin · sweet yarrow · Ligurian yarrow · sweet maudlin · Siberian yarrow · Egyptian yarrow · Chinese yarrow · fernleaf yarrow · noble yarrow
Synonyms
European green woodpecker · thousand-leaf (Achillea millefolium) · hickwall · sanguinary (Achillea millefolium) · yaffingale · achillea (Achillea spp.) · old man's pepper · yaffle · bloodwort · green woodpecker · milfoil (Achillea spp.) · yaffler · whitwall · devil's nettle (Achillea millefolium) · yockel · nosebleed plant · hewhole · soldier's woundwort (Achillea millefolium) · yarrow · whetile
Translations (63)
sv rölleka (herb of the genus Achillea) · et raudrohi (herb of the genus Achillea) · sh kunica (herb of the genus Achillea) · az qanotu (herb of the genus Achillea) · el αγριαψιθιά (herb of the genus Achillea) · enm yarwe (herb of the genus Achillea) · ca milfulles (herb of the genus Achillea) · es perejil bravío (herb of the genus Achillea) · sh stòlisnīk (herb of the genus Achillea) · bg бял равнец (herb of the genus Achillea) · nl gerw (herb of the genus Achillea) · ka ფარსმანდუკი (herb of the genus Achillea) · ru тысячели́стник (herb of the genus Achillea) · az boymadərəm (herb of the genus Achillea) · pl krwawnik (herb of the genus Achillea) · lv pelašķis (herb of the genus Achillea) · sq bari mijëfletësh (herb of the genus Achillea) · tr kandil çiçeği (herb of the genus Achillea) · nb ryllik (herb of the genus Achillea) · nrf hèrbe au tchèrpentchi (herb of the genus Achillea) · hy բացմենակ (herb of the genus Achillea) · unm anshikëmënshi (herb of the genus Achillea) · hu cickafark (herb of the genus Achillea) · dsb źiwa garba (herb of the genus Achillea) · sh сто̀лиснӣк (herb of the genus Achillea) · ang ġearwe (herb of the genus Achillea) · cy milddail (herb of the genus Achillea) · de Schafgarbe (herb of the genus Achillea) · ga athair thalún (herb of the genus Achillea) · dsb rotwica (herb of the genus Achillea) · tr civanperçemi (herb of the genus Achillea) · cs řebříček (herb of the genus Achillea) · lt kraujažolė (herb of the genus Achillea) · sl rman (herb of the genus Achillea) · mk ајду́чица (herb of the genus Achillea) · it millefoglio (herb of the genus Achillea) · cmn 蓍 (herb of the genus Achillea) · mk а́јдучка тре́ва (herb of the genus Achillea) · osx garwa (herb of the genus Achillea) · sh hajdučka trava (herb of the genus Achillea) · gl milfollas (herb of the genus Achillea) · lzz სოხადია (herb of the genus Achillea) · nrf tchèrpentchiéthe (herb of the genus Achillea) · nn ryllik (herb of the genus Achillea) · la mīlifolium (herb of the genus Achillea) · sv röllika (herb of the genus Achillea) · dsb kšawnik (herb of the genus Achillea) · fr mille-feuille (herb of the genus Achillea) · ar قَيْصُوم (herb of the genus Achillea) · es milenrama (herb of the genus Achillea) · mk сто́лисник (herb of the genus Achillea) · ro coada șoricelului (herb of the genus Achillea) · ga luibh na ndaitheacha (herb of the genus Achillea) · oc milafuèlhas (herb of the genus Achillea) · nv hazéí yiltseeʼí (herb of the genus Achillea) · hy հազարատերևուկ (herb of the genus Achillea) · hur xaweqá:l (herb of the genus Achillea) · es plumajillo (herb of the genus Achillea) · nl duizendblad (herb of the genus Achillea) · fr achillée (herb of the genus Achillea) · fi kärsämö (herb of the genus Achillea) · da røllike (herb of the genus Achillea) · pt milefólio (herb of the genus Achillea)