Definitions for yarrow

yarrow yar·row

Spelling: [yar-oh]
IPA: /ˈyær oʊ/

Yarrow is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in yarrow (aorrwy).

Definitions for yarrow

noun

  1. a composite plant, Achillea millefolium, of Eurasia, having fernlike leaves and flat-topped clusters of whitish flowers, naturalized in North America.
  2. any of various other plants of the genus Achillea, some having yellow flowers.
  3. a river in SE Scotland, flowing into the Tweed. 14 miles (23 km) long.

Origin of yarrow

before 900; Middle English yar(o)we, Old English gearwe; cognate with German Garbe sheaf

Examples for yarrow

The yarrow or Millfoil is a very common plant all over Britain.

Of that excursion the verses “yarrow Revisited” are a memorial.

One has read "yarrow Unvisited," one of the loveliest of Wordsworth's poems.

yarrow is the place where I am at school while my father and mother are in Europe.

"yarrow knew," he said, laughing, to get the water out of his eyes.

He died in peace, and was buried on the banks of the yarrow.

Nate named his boat the Arrow, because he said it went so well with yarrow.

It is probable that this is the locality of "the Dowie Dens of yarrow."

The stem of the yarrow is stiff and smooth and is slightly tinged with red.

Were they chapped or sore I would heal them with yarrow ointment.

Word Value for yarrow
Scrable

12

Words with friends

11

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