potentilla

po·ten·til·la

 (pōt′n-tĭl′ə)

n.

See cinquefoil.

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[Medieval Latin, garden valerian, from Latin potēns, potent-, present participle of posse, to be able; see potent.]

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potentilla

(ˌpəʊtənˈtɪlə)

n

(Plants) any rosaceous plant or shrub of the N temperate genus Potentilla, having five-petalled flowers. See also cinquefoil¹, silverweed¹, tormentil

[C16: 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: cinquefoil genus Potentilla rosid 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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Translations

potentilla

[ˌpəʊt/ənˈtɪlə] n → potentilla, cinquefoglie m inv

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