potentilla

Noun CEFR B2

ˌpoʊ.tɛnˈtɪ.lə

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Españolpotentilla

Françaispotentille

DeutschFingerkraut

11 more languages

العربيةعُشْبَة الْقَوَى

Ελληνικάποτεντίλλα

Magyarpimpó

日本語雉蓆

한국어양지꽃

Nederlandsganzerik

Polskipięciornik srebrnik

Portuguêspotentilha

Русскийлапча́тка

Türkçebeşparmak 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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