Tormentil - meaning and definition. What is Tormentil
Diclib.com
ChatGPT AI Dictionary
Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:     

Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence

On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:

  • how the word is used
  • frequency of use
  • it is used more often in oral or written speech
  • word translation options
  • usage examples (several phrases with translation)
  • etymology

What (who) is Tormentil - definition

GENUS OF PLANTS
Cinquefoil; Cinqfoil; Cinqfoils; Cinquefoils; Five-fingers; Quinquefoil; Tormentil; Potentilla verna; Potentilla deorum
  • undifferenced]], "gules, three cinquefoils ermine"
  • ft}} in [[Olympic National Park]]
  • 125px
  • Linnaeus]] in 1753.

Tormentil         
·noun A rosaceous herb (Potentilla Tormentilla), the root of which is used as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea.
tormentil         
['t?:m(?)nt?l]
¦ noun a low-growing plant with bright yellow flowers, the root of which is used in herbal medicine to treat diarrhoea. [Potentilla erecta.]
Origin
ME: from Fr. tormentille, from med. L. tormentilla, of unknown origin.
Septfoil         
  • [[Rhizome]] of ''Potentilla erecta''
SPECIES OF PLANT
Septfoil; Potentilla tormentilla; Common tormentil; Tormentilla officinalis; Common Tormentil; Potentilla laeta; Erect cinquefoil
·noun A European herb, the tormentil. ·see Tormentil.
II. Septfoil ·noun An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. ·cf. Cinquefoil, Quarterfoil, and Trefoil.
III. Septfoil ·noun A typical figure, consisting of seven equal segments of a circle, used to denote the gifts of the Holy Chost, the seven sacraments as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, ·etc.

Wikipedia

Potentilla

Potentilla is a genus containing over 300 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae.

Potentillas may also be called cinquefoils in English, but they have also been called five fingers and silverweeds. Some species are called tormentils, though this is often used specifically for common tormentil (P. erecta). Others are referred to as barren strawberries, which may also refer to P. sterilis in particular, or to the closely related Waldsteinia fragarioides. Several other cinquefoils formerly included here are now separated in distinct genera - notably the popular garden shrub P. fruticosa, now Dasiphora fruticosa.

Potentillas are generally found throughout the northern continents of the world (holarctic), though some occur in montane biomes of the New Guinea Highlands.