milfoil

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From Old French milfoil (modern French mille-feuille), from Latin millefolium, from mīlle + folium. Doublet of mille-feuille.

Don’t you remember any other ingredient?” “There was milfoil in it, too.” “And pepper perhaps?” Fetyukovitch queried. — The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
It was only a big dock: but you know the dragon-fly had never seen any but little water-trees; starwort, and milfoil, and water-crowfoot, and such like; so it did look very big to him. — The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby, Charles Kingsley

yarrow, Achillea millefolium

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