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Noun

1. 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."

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cinquefoilgenus potentilla

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"Potentilla, for instance, used to drive out the demon of fever, was also good against witches."

Etymology

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

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