sanguine vs yarrow

sanguine

• A tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey). 

• Red crayon. 

• Blood colour; red. 

• Bloodstone. 

• Anything of a blood-red colour, as cloth. 

• Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood. 

• Having the colour of blood; blood red. 

• Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope. 

• Warm; ardent. 

• To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine. 

yarrow

• Any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus Achillea, used in traditional herbal medicine. 

• The green woodpecker, Picus viridis. 

• Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium, the type species of the genus.