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common yarrow

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Achillea millefolium, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of blood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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  • Arabic: حَزَنْبَل (ḥazanbal) — Achillea millefolium
  • Bulgarian: бял равнец (bjal ravnec) — Achillea millefolium
  • Catalan: milfulles — Achillea millefolium
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歐蓍草 /欧蓍草 (ōushīcǎo) — Achillea millefolium
  • Danish: almindelig røllike — Achillea millefolium
  • Dutch: duizendblad — Achillea millefolium
  • Esperanto: milfolia akileo — Achillea millefolium
  • Finnish: siankärsämö — Achillea millefolium
  • French: achillée millefeuille — Achillea millefolium
  • French: saigne-nez — Achillea millefolium
  • German: Gemeine Schafgarbe — Achillea millefolium
  • Hungarian: közönséges cickafark — Achillea millefolium
  • Japanese: 西洋鋸草 (seiyō nokogirisō) — Achillea millefolium
  • Korean: 서양톱풀 (seoyangtop'pul) — Achillea millefolium
  • Macedonian: а́јдучка тре́ва (ájdučka tréva) — Achillea millefolium
  • Macedonian: ајду́чица (ajdúčica) — Achillea millefolium
  • Macedonian: сто́лисник (stólisnik) — Achillea millefolium
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ryllik — Achillea millefolium
  • Polish: krwawnik pospolity — Achillea millefolium
  • Spanish: milenrama — Achillea millefolium
  • Swedish: rölleka — Achillea millefolium
  • Turkish: civanperçemi — Achillea millefolium
  • Unami: anshikëmënshi — Achillea millefolium
  • Welsh: milddail — Achillea millefolium
  • Welsh: llysiau'r gwaedlif — Achillea millefolium