Tormentil - 3 dictionary results
tor⋅men⋅til
[tawr-men-til] 
–noun
| a low European plant, Potentilla erecta, of the rose family, having small, bright-yellow flowers, and a strongly astringent root used in medicine and in tanning and dyeing. |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME tormentille < ML tormentilla, equiv. to L torment(um) torment + -illa dim. suffix
1350–1400; ME tormentille < ML tormentilla, equiv. to L torment(um) torment + -illa dim. suffix
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| tor·men·til (tôr'mən-tĭl') n. A perennial Eurasian plant (Potentilla erecta) having yellow flowers and astringent roots. [Middle English tormentille, from Medieval Latin tormentilla, feminine diminutive of Latin tormentum, torment (from its use as an analgesic); see torment.] |
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Tormentil
Tor"men*til\, n. [F. tormentille; cf. Pr., It., & NL. tormentilla, Sp. tormentila; all fr. L. tormentum pain. So called because it is said to allay pain. See Torment.] (Bot.) A rosaceous herb (Potentilla Tormentilla), the root of which is used as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea.
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