potentilla

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˌpoʊ.tɛnˈtɪ.lə/
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/ˌpoʊ.tɛnˈtɪ.lə/ · /ˌpoʊ.tɛnˈti.ə/

Definition of potentilla

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla; the cinquefoils.
    “Potentilla, for instance, used to drive out the demon of fever, was also good against witches.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Potentilla, from Latin potentilla, from potēns (“strong”) + -illa (dimintuive suffix).

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