bloodwort vs common yarrow

bloodwort

noun
  • Sanguinary, common yarrow, Achillea millefolium. 

  • Rumex sanguineus, bloody dock, wood dock, bloody-veined dock. 

  • Capsella bursa-pastoris, shepherd's purse. 

  • Any of the Haemodoraceae, a family of flowering plants some of whose roots contain a red dye. 

  • The plant bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis. 

  • Various species in the genus Sanguisorba, burnet. 

common yarrow

noun
  • Achillea millefolium, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of blood. 

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