[ noun ] ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets; widely naturalized in North America <noun.plant>
Milfoil \Mil"foil\, n. [F. mille-feuille, L. millefolium; mille thousand + folium leaf. See {Foil} a leaf.] (Bot.) A common composite herb ({Achillea Millefolium}) with white flowers and finely dissected leaves; yarrow.
{Water milfoil} (Bot.), an aquatic herb with dissected leaves ({Myriophyllum}).
Yarrow \Yar"row\, n. [OE. yarowe, yarwe, [yogh]arowe, AS. gearwe; akin to D. gerw, OHG. garwa, garawa, G. garbe, schafgarbe, and perhaps to E. yare.] (Bot.) An American and European composite plant ({Achillea Millefolium}) with very finely dissected leaves and small white corymbed flowers. It has a strong, and somewhat aromatic, odor and taste, and is sometimes used in making beer, or is dried for smoking. Called also {milfoil}, and {nosebleed}.
The average Southerner, the kind the party leaders here hope will vote for their ticket, tend to eschew Mr. Carter's tippets in favor of Trilene 20-pound test that lets you yank them 8-pound hawg bass out of the milfoil and lily pads.