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POTENTILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Potentilla mean? 

POTENTILLA (noun)
  The noun POTENTILLA has 1 sense:

1. chiefly perennial northern hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoilplay

  Familiarity information: POTENTILLA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POTENTILLA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Chiefly perennial northern hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Potentilla; Potentilla

Hypernyms ("Potentilla" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Potentilla"):

cinquefoil; five-finger (any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties)

Holonyms ("Potentilla" is a member of...):

family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)


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