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nosebleed plant

nosebleed plant noun: achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of blood.

nosebleed plant: achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern...
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Noun

nosebleed plant (plural nosebleed plants)

  1. Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of blood.
    • She reached in her bag and drew out a leaf from the nosebleed plant she had collected.2016, Jenna Kernan, The Warrior's Captive Bride
    • It’s known by several common names which hint to several attributes, such as common yarrow, nosebleed plant, soldier’s woundwort, and thousand-leaf, just to name a few.2017 June 22, “Plant of the month: Achillea millefolium”, in Santa Clara Valley Water News, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2019

Forms of nosebleed plant

pluralnosebleed plants

Questions about nosebleed plant

What does nosebleed plant mean?
Nosebleed plant means achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of blood.
What part of speech is nosebleed plant?
Nosebleed plant is a noun.
What is the plural of nosebleed plant?
The plural of nosebleed plant is nosebleed plants.

Words near nosebleed plant in the dictionary

  1. nosebar
  2. nosebars
  3. nosebeard
  4. nosebeards
  5. nosebleed
  6. nosebleed plant
  7. nosebleed seat
  8. nosebleed seats
  9. nosebleed section
  10. nosebleed sections
  11. nosebleeder

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