The plant tormentil, Potentilla erecta. In later use more widely: any of several plants of (or formerly included in) the genus Potentilla. Now rare.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > tormentil plant or root (12) septfoilOE The plant tormentil, Potentilla erecta. In later use more widely: any of several plants of (or formerly included in) the genus Potentilla. Now rare. seven-leafOE the plant tormentil, Potentilla erecta; = septfoil, n. 1. nutheada1300 †(a) the plant tormentil, which has nutlike seeds (obsolete); (b) slang = sense A. 7a. tormentila1400 A low-growing herb, Potentilla tormentilla (Tormentilla repens), N.O. Rosaceæ, of trailing habit, common on heaths and dry pastures, bearing small… tormentine14.. in same sense. turmeric1538 applied to other products: †by English herbalists to the root of Tormentil (in obsolete. French souchet de bois, as distinct from souchet d'Inde… seven-leaves1640 the plant tormentil, Potentilla erecta; = septfoil, n. 1. tormentil-root1712 attributive, as tormentil-root. bloodroot1811 The common tormentil, Potentilla erecta, the dried rhizome of which is used medicinally and for producing a red dye for cloth or leather. Now rare. ewe-daisy1853 Potentilla Tormentilla. flesh and blood1853 The plant Potentilla Tormentilla; also, the name of a kind of apple. shepherd's knot1884 = tormentil, n. |
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