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Meaning of potentilla | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˌpoʊ.tɛnˈtɪ.lə

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية عُشْبَة الْقَوَى
Deutsch Fingerkraut
Ελληνικά ποτεντίλλα
Español potentilla
Suomi hanhikki
Français potentille
Magyar pimpó
日本語 雉蓆
한국어 양지꽃
Nederlands ganzerik
Polski pięciornik srebrnik
Português potentilha
Русский лапча́тка
Türkçe beşparmak otu

Examples

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

potentiogalvanostat Potentiometer Potentiometers potentiometry potentional potentiostat

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