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Word entry · 6 letters

yarrow

Best crossword clue

"Feathery herb"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈjæɹəʊ/Part of speech nounSorted aorrwyStarts with YEnds with W1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A hardy herb with feathery leaves and clusters of small flowers.

Word origin

From Middle English ȝarowe, yarowe, yarwe, from Old English ġearwe, from Proto-West Germanic *garwā (“yarrow, yarrow-like herbs”), perhaps derived from *garu (“prepared, ready (of food)”), as the plant was used medicinally for digestion.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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