sneezewort
sneezewort · sneezeworts
Sumpf-Schafgarbe
A hardy flowering plant of species Achillea ptarmica, poisonous to cattle, sheep and…A hardy flowering plant of species Achillea ptarmica, poisonous to cattle, sheep and horses, but with various herbal applications in humans.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A hardy flowering plant of species Achillea ptarmica, poisonous to cattle, sheep and horses, but with various herbal applications in humans.
Sumpf-Schafgarbe
More definitions
- Eurasian herb having loose heads of button-shaped white flowers and long grey-green leaves that cause sneezing when powdered
Translations
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By meaning 1
Achillea ptarmica:
Origin
From sneeze + wort. Compare German Nieswurz (“hellebore”), Dutch nieskruid (“hellebore”).From sneeze + wort. Compare German Nieswurz (“hellebore”), Dutch nieskruid (“hellebore”).
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Forms
plural: sneezeworts| Singular | sneezewort |
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Synonyms
8 synonymsClose in meaning
- Eurasian herb having loose heads of button-shaped white flowers and long grey-green leaves that cause sneezing when powdered:sneezeweed yarrowAchillea ptarmica
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedsneezewort yarrow
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable