English Dictionary: water milfoil | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for water milfoil | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Water milfoil \Wa"ter mil"foil\ (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Myriophyllum}, aquatic herbs with whorled leaves, the submersed ones pinnately parted into capillary divisions. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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}). |