thousand-leaf
noun1
Usually Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, featuring finely divided leaves.
- Nose-blood, Thousand-leaf, Yarrow, is so well known that I need not waste time to describe it.1868, Gardeners Chronicle & New Horticulturist, page 525:
- Because of the many small parts of its leaves, yarrow is often known as milfoil, or thousand-leaves.2011, Fran Kelso, Plant Lore of an Alaskan Island, page 112:
- Related terms
- Achillea millefolium