n :  a large genus of temperate composite herbs of the northern hemisphere that have divided leaves and small heads of disk and ray flowers, are a source of achilleine, and include one (A. millefolium) formerly widely used as a medicinal herb .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  acho·lia  achy·lia 
 
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