"milfoil" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: milfoils [plural]
Etymology: From Old French milfoil (modern French mille-feuille), from Latin millefolium, from mīlle + folium. Doublet of mille-feuille. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|milfoil}} Old French milfoil, {{cog|fr|mille-feuille|id=Q25408}} French mille-feuille, {{der|en|la|millefolium}} Latin millefolium, {{doublet|en|mille-feuille}} Doublet of mille-feuille Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} milfoil (countable and uncountable, plural milfoils)
  1. Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (Achillea millefolium): common yarrow
    Sense id: en-milfoil-en-noun-Aus3vwUT Disambiguation of 'Achillea millefolium': 52 29 19
  2. Any of several similar pungent Eurasian herbs, of the genus Achillea Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-milfoil-en-noun-dGhbpxF9
  3. Any plants of the genus Myriophyllum; water milfoil. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Anthemideae tribe plants, Saxifragales order plants, Water plants Synonyms (Myriophyllum): watermilfoil, water milfoil
    Sense id: en-milfoil-en-noun-RQj8T7Jg Disambiguation of Anthemideae tribe plants: 21 29 50 Disambiguation of Saxifragales order plants: 15 17 68 Disambiguation of Water plants: 15 17 68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 29 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 29 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 26 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 24 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 15 36 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 32 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 20 21 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 34 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 22 61 Disambiguation of 'Myriophyllum': 15 18 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yarrow Synonyms (Achillea): yarrow Translations (herb of the genus Achillea): хилядолистник (hiljadolistnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), равнец (ravnec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kärsämö (Finnish), pûjang [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), krwawnik [masculine] (Polish), тысячели́стник (tysjačelístnik) [masculine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'Achillea': 36 42 22 Disambiguation of 'herb of the genus Achillea': 11 44 44

Inflected forms

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