nosebleed plant

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English

a common yarrow or nosebleed plant, Achillea millefolium

Noun

nosebleed plant (plural nosebleed plants)

  1. Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of blood.
    • 2016, Jenna Kernan, The Warrior's Captive Bride:
      She reached in her bag and drew out a leaf from the nosebleed plant she had collected.
    • 2017 June 22, “Plant of the month: Achillea millefolium”, in Santa Clara Valley Water News:
      It’s known by several common names which hint to several attributes, such as common yarrow, nosebleed plant, soldier’s woundwort, and thousand-leaf, just to name a few.

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