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achillea Bot.|ækɪˈliːə, əˈkɪlɪə|
Also Achillea.
[a. L. achillēa, achillēos (Pliny), f. Gr. ἀχίλλειος plant supposed to have been used medicinally by Achilles, f. ἀχιλλεύς Achilles.]
A plant of the genus of this name (family Compositæ), which comprises hardy perennial, usually aromatic plants with flower-heads usually in corymbs; spec. a common garden flower, A. filipendulina, having large, convex clusters of bright yellow flower-heads on tall, stiff stems. Cf. milfoil, sneezewort, yarrow n.
[1546: see yarrow n.] 1597J. Gerarde Herball 916 This plant Achillea is thought to be the very same, wherewith Achilles cured the wounds of his soldiers. 1785T. Martin tr. Rousseau's Lett. Elem. Bot. 400 Achillea or Milfoil has an oblong-ovate imbricate calyx. 1908G. Jekyll Colour in Flower Garden viii. 72 Groups of the clear white Achillea, The Pearl, and the round purple heads of Globe Thistle. 1955A. G. L. Hellyer Flowers in Colour 11 Achilleas may be roughly divided into two groups, the taller kinds most suitable for herbaceous borders, and the dwarf and spreading kinds for rock gardens or walls. 1979J. Taylor in I. Webb Compl. Guide Flower Arrangement xiii. 190 Orange and blue are complementary colours but the green foliage and the yellow achillea prevent it from being a direct complementary. |