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noun
A hardy flowering plant of species Achillea ptarmica, poisonous to cattle, sheep and horses, but with various herbal applications in humans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: bastard pellitory, fair-maid-of-France, goosetongue, sneezeweed, white tansy, wild pellitory
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Eurasian herb having loose heads of button-shaped white flowers and long grey-green leaves that cause sneezing when powdered
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sneezeweed yarrow, Achillea ptarmica
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: achillea
History
From sneeze + wort. Compare German Nieswurz (“hellebore”), Dutch nieskruid (“hellebore”).
Across languages
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