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milfoil

milfoil noun: common yarrow, Achillea millefolium.

milfoil: common yarrow, Achillea millefolium
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Noun

milfoil (countable and uncountable, plural milfoils)

  1. Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium.
    Synonyms:
    common yarrow
  2. Any of several similar pungent Eurasian herbs, of the genus Achillea
  3. Any plants of the genus Myriophyllum; water milfoil.

milfoil meaning in Tamil

milfoil in Tamil

இலையுதிராப்பூடு

Synonyms of milfoil

Forms of milfoil

pluralmilfoils

Origin of milfoil

From Old French milfoil (modern French mille-feuille), from Latin millefolium, from mīlle + folium. Doublet of mille-feuille.

Phrases with milfoil

Questions about milfoil

What does milfoil mean?
Milfoil means common yarrow, Achillea millefolium.
What is milfoil in Tamil?
Milfoil in Tamil is இலையுதிராப்பூடு. See Milfoil meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is milfoil?
Milfoil is a noun.
What is the plural of milfoil?
The plural of milfoil is milfoils.

Words near milfoil in the dictionary

  1. milfasartan
  2. MILFdom
  3. milfier
  4. milfiest
  5. milfing
  6. milfoil
  7. milfoils
  8. Milford
  9. Milford Haven
  10. Milford Sound
  11. Milford-on-Sea

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Adapted from Wiktionary: milfoil (page history and authors); milfoil (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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