tormentil

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Etymology

From mediaeval Latin tormentilla (“minor pain”), perhaps referring to the conditions that the plant was used to treat.

Noun

tormentil (plural tormentils)

  1. A low-growing herb (Potentilla erecta, syn. Potentilla tormentilla).

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