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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A hardy flowering plant of species Achillea ptarmica, poisonous to cattle, sheep and horses, but with various herbal applications in humans. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   Eurasian herb having loose heads of button-shaped white flowers and long grey-green leaves that cause sneezing when powdered wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

achillea ptarmicabastard pellitoryfair-maid-of-francegoosetonguegoosetonguegreenwort

Etymology

From sneeze + wort. Compare German Nieswurz (“hellebore”), Dutch nieskruid (“hellebore”).

Related phrases

sneezewort yarrowflowering plant

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