mil|foil
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foil — aero·foil; cinque·foil; coun·ter·foil; foil·ing; mil·foil; poly·foil; qua·tre·foil; sept·foil; sex·foil; six·foil; para·foil; foil; hy·dro·foil; mul·ti·foil; oc·to·foil; tre·foil; cinq·foil; … English syllables
mil — al·che·mil·la; ar·mil; ar·mil·la; ar·mil·lar·ia; ar·mil·lary; au·mil; au·mil·dar; bis·mil·lah; bog·o·mil; bog·o·mil·ism; brown·mil·ler·ite; fa·mil·ia; fa·mil·ial; fa·mil·iar·ism; fa·mil·iar·i·ty; fa·mil·iar·iza·tion; fa·mil·iar·ize;… … English syllables
milfoil — mil·foil … English syllables
milfoil — mil•foil [[t]ˈmɪlˌfɔɪl[/t]] n. pln yarrow • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME < OF < L mīlifolium=mīli , comb. form of mille thousand +folium leaf … From formal English to slang
Achillea Millefolium — 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. [1913 Webster] {Water… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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. [1913 Webster] {Water milfoil}… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Myriophyllum — 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. [1913 Webster] {Water… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Water milfoil — 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. [1913 Webster] {Water… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
milfoil — [mil′foil΄] n. [OFr < L millefolium < mille, thousand + folium, leaf (see FOLIATE): from the finely divided leaves] 1. YARROW 2. WATER MILFOIL … English World dictionary