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Definition of Achillea

1. Noun. Any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads.

Definition of Achillea

1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus ''Achillea'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Achillea

1. yarrow [n -S] - See also: yarrow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Achillea

Literary usage of Achillea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1908)
"achillea TOMENTOSA AT WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.— Between 1884 and -1888 I found at Westford, ... Some of the achillea was transplanted to a private garden, ..."

2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1920)
"Clusters of achillea millefolium L. brought in for class study in Oct., 1919, exhibited heads either markedly conical or oblong in shape in contrast to the ..."

3. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"Thus his famous testamentary disposition — known hereafter as the Dispositio achillea — was at once a compromise and an enduring fiat. ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"Thus his famous testamentary disposition — known hereafter as the Dispositio achillea— was at once a compromise and an enduring fiat. ..."

5. Publication by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"achillea Millefolium Linn. Sp. PI., 899. Alcanfor. Campo about Merida, not in flower, April, 1887 (Mil/spaugh, 4f). AGERATUM CONYZOIDES Linn. Sp. PI., 839. ..."

6. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"Milfoil oil, from achillea ageratum, L. This plant is frequently met with ... Milfoil root oil, from the root of achillea millefolium, L. The yield is only ..."

7. English Medicine in the Anglo-Saxon Times: Two Lectures Delivered Before the by Joseph Frank Payne (1904)
"YARROW (achillea millefolium). ' I. Of this wort, which is named millefolium and in our ... Also, for that reason, it is named of some men achillea. ..."

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