potentilla

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From the genus name.

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potentilla (plural potentillas)

  1. Any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla; the cinquefoils.
    • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 258:
      Potentilla, for instance, used to drive out the demon of fever, was also good against witches.

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