yarrow

[ yar-oh ]

noun
  1. a composite plant, Achillea millefolium, of Eurasia, having fernlike leaves and flat-topped clusters of whitish flowers, naturalized in North America.

  2. any of various other plants of the genus Achillea, some having yellow flowers.

Origin of yarrow

1
before 900; Middle English yar(o)we,Old English gearwe; cognate with German Garbe sheaf

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Other definitions for Yarrow (2 of 2)

Yarrow
[ yar-oh ]

noun
  1. a river in SE Scotland, flowing into the Tweed. 14 miles (23 km) long.

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How to use yarrow in a sentence

  • From the bottom of the yarrow shaft radiated numerous empty galleries.

    The Underground City | Jules Verne
  • In the yarrow shaft there remained only a long succession of ladders, separated at every fifty feet by narrow landings.

    The Underground City | Jules Verne
  • The laws of physiology and of snuff take their course; the Chicken sneezes, and yarrow is free!

    Spare Hours | John Brown
  • She was a three-masted schooner with two funnels, fitted with turbines and yarrow 70 boilers.

    The Pirate of Panama | William MacLeod Raine
  • He turned aside to see the valley of the Jed, and got as far as Selkirk in the hope of looking upon yarrow.

    Robert Burns | Principal Shairp.

British Dictionary definitions for yarrow

yarrow

/ (ˈjærəʊ) /


noun
  1. any of several plants of the genus Achillea, esp A. millefolium, of Eurasia, having finely dissected leaves and flat clusters of white flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites): Also called: milfoil See also sneezewort

Origin of yarrow

1
Old English gearwe; related to Old High German garwa, Dutch gerwe

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