thousand-leaf

English

a common yarrow or thousand-leaf, Achillea millefolium

Noun

thousand-leaf (usually uncountable, plural thousand-leaves)

1. Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, featuring finely divided leaves.
   • 1868, Gardeners Chronicle & New Horticulturist‎^[1], page 525:

     Nose-blood, Thousand-leaf, Yarrow, is so well known that I need not waste time to describe it.

   • 2011, Fran Kelso, Plant Lore of an Alaskan Island‎^[2], page 112:

     Because of the many small parts of its leaves, yarrow is often known as milfoil, or thousand-leaves.

Translations

Achille millefolium — see common yarrow

See also

• Thousand-leaf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Achillea millefolium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Achillea millefolium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons