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tor·men·til

 (tôr′mən-tĭl′)
n.
A perennial Eurasian plant (Potentilla erecta) in the rose family, having yellow flowers and astringent roots.

[Middle English tormentille, from Medieval Latin tormentilla, feminine diminutive of Latin tormentum, torment (from its use as an analgesic); see torment.]
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tormentil

(ˈtɔːməntɪl)
n
(Plants) a rosaceous downy perennial plant, Potentilla erecta, of Europe and W Asia, having serrated leaves, four-petalled yellow flowers, and an astringent root used in medicine, tanning, and dyeing. Also called: bloodroot
[C15: from Old French tormentille, from Medieval Latin tormentilla, from Latin tormentum agony; referring to its use in relieving pain; see torment]
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tor•men•til

(ˈtɔr mɛn tɪl)

n.
a low European plant, Potentilla tormentilla, of the rose family, having an astringent root used in tanning and dyeing.
[1350–1400; Middle English tormentille < Medieval Latin tormentilla < Latin torment(um) torment]
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The only signs of spring in this place are the return of a few birds to the glen and the appearance of the little flowers of the bog-buck bean, lousewort, milkwort, tormentil, roseroot, and a few Alpines.
This includes the tormentil mining bee, the Welsh clearwing moth and the small-white orchid," Sorcha added.
It overflows with bilberry, crowberry, bell eather, tormentil, heath milkwort, various sedges and a rofusion of lichens.
Infusions containing high concentration of ellagitannins prepared from oak bark (Quercus spp.), wood avens rhizome (Geum urbanum L), common agrimony herb (Agrimonia eupatoria L.) or tormentil rhizome (Potentilla erecta (L.) Raeusch.) are often used topically in skin diseases or as therapeutic rinses and mouthwashes in order to threat bacterial infection and reduce the inflammation (Kumar et al.
The growing popularity of morphological geometric analysis can be traced on the example of work performed in the study of morphological features leaf plates of linden alder [11,2,22] and tormentil (Potentilla) [18,9].
Forss slides gently seawards through green meadow lands, decked with purple and spotted orchid, tormentil, bugle, milkwort and primrose.
Water resistant for up to 40 minutes and providing protection from both UVA and UVB rays, it features antioxidants and botanical extracts like ginkgo biloba nut extract, mesima mushroom, rooibos, tormentil root, skullcap and wild thyme that protect and condition skin while offering antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that help promote positive collagen and elastin balance.
It appears, from the photograph, that it is one of the wild Potentillas - either the trailing tormentil (Potentilla anglica) or the creeping cinquefoil, Potentilla reptans.
Effect of oral administration of tormentil root extract (Potentilla tormentilla) on rotavirus diarrhea in children: a randomized, double blind, controlled trial.
If that doesn't work, a dose of Tormentil Complex tincture might.
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