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Webster 1913 Edition


Milfoil

Mil′foil

,
Noun.
[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
).

Webster 1828 Edition


Milfoil

MIL'FOIL

,
Noun.
[L. millefolium, a thousand leaves.]
A plant of the genus Achillea; yarrow.