potentilla


cinquefoil (sense )
Origin of potentilla
ModL, name of the genus from ML, valerian, diminutive of Classical Latin potens: see potentpotentilla

noun
See cinquefoil.
Origin of potentilla
Medieval Latin garden valerian from Latin potēns potent- present participle of posse to be able ; see potent .potentilla

Usage notes
- Some groups of species of Potentilla are treated by authors as being in separate genera: Argentina, Comarum, Dasiphora, Drymocallis, and Sibbaldia.