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Definition of Milfoils
1. milfoil [n] - See also: milfoil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Milfoils
Literary usage of Milfoils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"milfoils ingredient in the manufacture of Persian Insect-powder. (Dalmatian
Insect-powder is furnished by a closely-allied species, viz. ..."
2. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"The true milfoils are exceedingly abundant in the lakes and ponds of Minnesota.
... Three or four different varieties of water-milfoils occur within the ..."
3. Reports of the Survey (1899)
"The true milfoils are exceedingly abundant in the lakes and ponds of Minnesota.
... Three or four different varieties of water-milfoils occur within the ..."
4. Formation of Coal Beds by John James Stevenson (1913)
"The bladderworts, water milfoils follow and the water lilies spread their leaves
... In it nestle the milfoils and heaths. The lake closed, woody plants ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1916)
"Bladderworts appear and the water-milfoils root in the soil; water-lilies spread
out their leaves and cover the water; reeds press out from the shore; ..."
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