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thousand-leaf

thousand-leaf noun: achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, featuring finely divided leaves.

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

thousand-leaf (usually uncountable, plural thousand-leaves)

  1. (usually) Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, featuring finely divided leaves.
    • Nose-blood, Thousand-leaf, Yarrow, is so well known that I need not waste time to describe it.1868, Gardeners Chronicle & New Horticulturist, page 525
    • Because of the many small parts of its leaves, yarrow is often known as milfoil, or thousand-leaves.2011, Fran Kelso, Plant Lore of an Alaskan Island, page 112

Forms of thousand-leaf

pluralthousand-leaves

Questions about thousand-leaf

What does thousand-leaf mean?
Thousand-leaf means achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, featuring finely divided leaves.
What part of speech is thousand-leaf?
Thousand-leaf is a noun.
What is the plural of thousand-leaf?
The plural of thousand-leaf is thousand-leaves.

Words near thousand-leaf in the dictionary

  1. Thousand Palms
  2. thousand pardons
  3. thousand yard stare
  4. thousand yard stares
  5. thousand-headed cabbage
  6. thousand-leaf
  7. thousand-legged worm
  8. thousand-legged worms
  9. thousand-legger
  10. thousand-leggers
  11. thousand-legs

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