potentilla

/ ˌpəʊtənˈtɪlə /

noun

1. any rosaceous plant or shrub of the N temperate genus Potentilla, having five-petalled flowers See also cinquefoil silverweed tormentil

Word History and Origins

Origin of potentilla¹

C16: New Latin, from Medieval Latin: garden valerian, from Latin potēns powerful, potent ¹

Example Sentences

The mountain dock, mountain dandelion, and potentilla seldom fail to appear later.

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Do you think they are men that you bring them potentilla roots?

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Potentilla anserina was very plentiful, and remarkably luxuriant.

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Now the potentilla shows us, as it were, the primitive form of the strawberry.

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This was surrounded by a high wall, and in it the charming Potentilla was imprisoned.

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