Definitions For Tormentil

Noun

TORMENTIL (plural TORMENTILs) A low-growing herb (Potentilla erecta, syn. Potentilla tormentilla).

Synonyms

shepherd's knot

Translations

Finnish: rätvänä Galician: solda, f German: Blutwurz, f Icelandic: blóðmura, f Norman: hèrbe à paralysie, f {{qualifier, Jersey}} Portuguese: tormentilha, f Russian: лапча́тка прямостоя́чая, f, калга́н, лапча́тка-у́зик, f, дубро́вка, f Swedish: blodrot

Etymology

From mediaeval {{der, en, la, tormentilla, , minor pain}}, perhaps referring to the conditions that the plant was used to treat.

Anagrams

intermolt