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Noun

1. 1
   Any of various plants of the genus Achillea

   "It would be ideal against the silvery foliage of some achilleas or artemisias."

2. 2
   any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads wordnet

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"It would be ideal against the silvery foliage of some achilleas or artemisias."

Etymology

From the genus name Achillea.

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