POTENTILLA

Potentilla, genus Potentilla

(noun) chiefly perennial northern hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoil

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

potentilla (plural potentillas)

Any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla; the cinquefoils.

Anagrams

• Pallottine

Source: Wiktionary



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