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milfoil

[mil-foil]

mil·foil

[mil-foil]
noun
yarrow (def. 1).

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin mīlifolium, equivalent to mīli-, combining form of mille thousand + folium leaf
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milfoil (ˈmɪlˌfɔɪl)
 
n
1.  another name for yarrow
2.  See water milfoil
 
[C13: from Old French, from Latin milifolium, from mille thousand + folium leaf]

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