nosebleed

3 definitions found

nosebleed - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nosebleed \Nose"bleed`\, n.
     1. A bleeding at the nose.
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     2. (Bot.) The yarrow. See Yarrow.
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  Yarrow \Yar"row\, n. [OE. yarowe, yarwe, [yogh]arowe, AS.
     gearwe; akin to D. gerw, OHG. garwa, garawa, G. garbe,
     schafgarbe, and perhaps to E. yare.] (Bot.)
     An American and European composite plant (Achillea Millefolium
     ) with very finely dissected leaves and small
     white corymbed flowers. It has a strong, and somewhat
     aromatic, odor and taste, and is sometimes used in making
     beer, or is dried for smoking. Called also milfoil, and
     nosebleed.
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nosebleed - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  nosebleed
      n 1: bleeding from the nose [syn: nosebleed, epistaxis]