soldier's woundwort
English
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a common yarrow or soldier's woundwort, Achillea millefolium
Noun
soldier's woundwort (usually uncountable, plural soldier's woundworts)
- Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of blood.
- 1908, “Verse from Heine”, in Littel's Living Age, page 322:
- King of common herbs or rare / Not a mole is here to scare / Sheepsorrel of barren soil / And Soldier's Woundwort — harsh Milfoil
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References
Soldier's woundwort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Achillea millefolium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Achillea millefolium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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