[ak-uh-lee-uh, uh-kil-ee-uh] 
| any composite plant of the genus Achillea, having toothed or divided leaves and flat-topped clusters of flowers, and including the yarrow and sneezewort. |
| ach·il·le·a (āk'ə-lē'ə, ə-kĭl'ē-ə) n. See yarrow. [New Latin Achillēa, genus name, from Latin, a plant that healed wounds, from Greek akhilleios, of Achilles, plant that healed wounds, from Akhilleus, Achilles.] |
| yar·row (yār'ō) n. Any of several plants of the genus Achillea of the composite family, especially A. millefolium, native to Eurasia, having finely dissected foliage and flat corymbs of usually white flower heads. Also called achillea, milfoil. [Middle English yarowe, from Old English gearwe.] |
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