Definitions for tormentil

tormentil tor·men·til

Spelling: [tawr-men-til]
IPA: /ˈtɔr mɛn tɪl/

Tormentil is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 450 anagrams from letters in tormentil (eilmnortt).

Definitions for tormentil

noun

  1. a low European plant, Potentilla erecta, of the rose family, having small, bright-yellow flowers, and a strongly astringent root used in medicine and in tanning and dyeing.

Origin of tormentil

1350-1400; Middle English tormentille Medieval Latin tormentilla, equivalent to Latin torment(um) torment + -illa diminutive suffix

Examples for tormentil

tormentil (tormentilla officinalis) here always grows in boggy ground, which is remarkable.

tormentil, tor′men-til, n. a genus of plants, one species with an astringent woody root.

Joined with galls or tormentil, and given in sufficient quantity, it has not failed in any intermittents in which I have tried it.

The roots of bistort and tormentil, and bark of pomegranate, equal parts.

The green leaves of the tormentil are soft and fine, with a few downy hairs on the front.

They made tea sometimes of the tormentil, whose little yellow flowers appear along the furrows.

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