yarrow UK /ˈjæɹəʊ/US /ˈjæɹoʊ/ noun3 •Any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus Achillea, used in traditional herbal medicine. •Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium, the type species of the genus.The Yarrow, where-with-all he stops the wound-made gore: — 1612 •(UK) A green woodpecker, of species Picus viridis. formsyarrows