Trientalis
noun
Tri·en·ta·lis
ˌtrīˌen‧ˈtalə̇s,
-āl-,
-äl-
: a genus of delicate Eurasian and North American herbs (family Primulaceae) having a whorl of entire leaves and several white stellate flowers on slender peduncles followed by 5-valved capsules see starflower
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, probably from Latin triantalis vessel, receptacle, from trientalis having a third of a foot, from trient-, triens third part + -alis -al