potentilla

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US/ˌpoʊ.tɛnˈtɪ.lə//ˌpoʊ.tɛnˈti.ə/

noun

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

Origintranslingual Potentilla ← Latin potentilla →
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Meanings

nounpotentilla (plural potentillas)

plural potentillas

  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.

    1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 258

Origin

  1. Latinpotentilla
  2. translingualPotentilla
  3. Englishpotentilla

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

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Translations

Arabic عُشْبَة الْقَوَى
  • عُشْبَة الْقَوَىany of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Bulgarian бял очеболец
  • бял очеболец (bjal očebolec)any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Catalan potentil·la
  • potentil·laany of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Chinese Mandarin 委陵菜
  • 委陵菜 (wěilíngcài)any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Czech mochna
  • mochnaany of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Danish potentil
  • potentilany of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Dutch ganzerik
  • ganzerikany of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Esperanto potentilo
  • potentiloany of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Finnish hanhikki
  • hanhikkiany of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
French potentille
  • potentilleany of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
German Fingerkraut
  • Fingerkrautany of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Greek ποτεντίλλα
  • ποτεντίλλα (potentílla)any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Hungarian pimpó
  • pimpóany of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Indonesian ganserik
  • ganserikany of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Japanese 雉蓆
  • 雉蓆 (kijimushiro)any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Korean 양지꽃
  • 양지꽃 (yangjikkot)any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Polish pięciornik
  • pięciornikany of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Portuguese potentilha
  • potentilhaany of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Russian лапча́тка
  • лапча́тка (lapčátka)any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Spanish potentilla
  • potentillaany of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla
Turkish beşparmak otu
  • beşparmak otuany of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Pallottine
Cite this entry
APA

potentilla. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potentilla

MLA

“potentilla.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potentilla. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “potentilla,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potentilla.

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