po·ten·til·la (p t n-t l  )n. Any of numerous herbs or shrubs of the genus Potentilla, of the North Temperate Zone, having pinnately or palmately compound leaves and yellow, white, or red flowers with many pistils. [Medieval Latin, garden valerian, from Latin pot  ns, potent-, present participle of posse, to be able; see potent.] |
potentilla [ˌpəʊtənˈtɪlə]
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any rosaceous plant or shrub of the N temperate genus Potentilla, having five-petalled flowers See also cinquefoil [1] silverweed [1] tormentil
[New Latin, from Medieval Latin: garden valerian, from Latin potēns powerful, potent1]
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| Noun | 1. |  Potentilla - chiefly perennial northern hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoilrosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, rose family - a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens cinquefoil, five-finger - any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties |
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