Potentilla
po·ten·tilla
noun
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chiefly perennial northern hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoil
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Borrowed from translingual Potentilla, from Latin potentilla, from potēns (“strong”) + -illa (dimintuive suffix).
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