Example sentences from the Web for potentilla

If, however, they compare the flower of the Potentilla with that of the strawberry, they will find them very much alike.
Botany for Ladies|Jane Loudon
The caterpillar feeds in July and August on the flowers of cinquefoil (Potentilla), and is said to eat bramble blossoms also.
The Moths of the British Isles, Second Series|Richard South
In spite of all this, the charms of your daughter Potentilla have so fascinated me that I cannot live without her.
The Green Fairy Book|Various
Potentilla gronlandica (on rocks near Kallmanstunga and Kollismola).
Visit to Iceland|Ida Pfeiffer

Now the potentilla shows us, as it were, the primitive form of the strawberry.
The Evolutionist at Large|Grant Allen

potentilla

/ (ˌpəʊtənˈtɪlə) /

noun

any rosaceous plant or shrub of the N temperate genus Potentilla, having five-petalled flowersSee also cinquefoil (def. 1), silverweed (def. 1), tormentil

Word Origin for potentilla

C16: New Latin, from Medieval Latin: garden valerian, from Latin potēns powerful, potent 1

Words nearby potentilla

potential gradient, potentiality, potentially, potential well, potentiate, potentilla, potentiometer, potentiometric, potentiometric surface, potentiometric titration, Potenza

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单词	potentilla
释义	Example sentences from the Web for potentilla If, however, they compare the flower of the Potentilla with that of the strawberry, they will find them very much alike. Botany for Ladies\|Jane Loudon The caterpillar feeds in July and August on the flowers of cinquefoil (Potentilla), and is said to eat bramble blossoms also. The Moths of the British Isles, Second Series\|Richard South In spite of all this, the charms of your daughter Potentilla have so fascinated me that I cannot live without her. The Green Fairy Book\|Various Potentilla gronlandica (on rocks near Kallmanstunga and Kollismola). Visit to Iceland\|Ida Pfeiffer Now the potentilla shows us, as it were, the primitive form of the strawberry. The Evolutionist at Large\|Grant Allen potentilla / (ˌpəʊtənˈtɪlə) / noun any rosaceous plant or shrub of the N temperate genus Potentilla, having five-petalled flowersSee also cinquefoil (def. 1), silverweed (def. 1), tormentil Word Origin for potentilla C16: New Latin, from Medieval Latin: garden valerian, from Latin potēns powerful, potent 1 Words nearby potentilla potential gradient, potentiality, potentially, potential well, potentiate, potentilla, potentiometer, potentiometric, potentiometric surface, potentiometric titration, Potenza Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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