tormentil
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tormentil
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From mediaeval Latin tormentilla (“minor pain”), perhaps referring to the conditions that the plant was used to treat.
noun tormentils
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A low-growing herb (Potentilla erecta, syn. Potentilla tormentilla).
1615, Helkiah Crooke, Mikrokosmographia, London: William Jaggard, “A Dilucidation or Exposition of the Controuersies concerning the Historie of the Infant,” Question 31, p. 340,
[…] the hearbe Tormentill which hath seauen leaues resisteth all poysons.
Similar: shepherd's knot
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noun Potentilla erecta
| Português | tormentilha |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Blutwurz |
| Italiano | tormentilla |
| Русский | лапча́тка прямостоя́чая lapčátka prjamostojáčaja, калга́н kalgán, лапча́тка-у́зик lapčátka-úzik, дубро́вка dubróvka |
Talk about this word "tormentil." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tormentil. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tormentil. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tormentil "tormentil." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tormentil.Cite this
@misc{tormentil_2026,
title = {tormentil},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tormentil},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
