Meaning of Yarrow | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A river in Lancashire, England, which flows into the River Douglas.
2. Any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus Achillea, used in traditional herbal medicine.
   uncountable, usually
3. A green woodpecker, of species Picus viridis.
   UK
4. A river, named Yarrow Water, in Scottish Borders council area, Scotland.
5. Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium, the type species of the genus.
   uncountable, usually
6. A hamlet and parish in the Yarrow Valley, Scottish Borders council area (OS grid ref NT3527).
7. A hamlet in Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England.
8. A small community in British Columbia, Canada.
9. An unincorporated community in Missouri, United States.
10. A locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
11. A surname.

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Examples

“Yarrow is one of the aboriginal English plants, and from time immemorial it has been used in incantations and by witches. Country folk still regard it as one of our most valuable herbs, especially for rheumatism.”

“The Yarrow, where-with-all he stops the wound-made gore:”

““Oh, yarrow! This is it,” she said, extracting a single long stemmed ferny grass with clusters of small white flowers from the bouquet in her hand.”

“In comments to Hyperallergic, ancient historian and classical numismatist Liv Yarrow noted the absence of SPQR coins during the period of the Republic and its later use as a means of justifying autocracy while harkening back to an earlier age:”

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