Definition of Tormentil. Meaning of Tormentil. Synonyms of Tormentil

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Definition of Tormentil

Tormentil
Tormentil Tor"men*til, n. [F. tormentille; cf. Pr., It., & NL. tormentilla, Sp. tormentila; all fr. L. tormentum pain. So called because it is said to allay pain. See Torment.] (Bot.) A rosaceous herb (Potentilla Tormentilla), the root of which is used as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea.

Meaning of Tormentil from wikipedia

- and silverweeds. Some species are called tormentils, though this is often used specifically for common tormentil (P. erecta). Others are referred to as...
- erecta, Potentilla laeta, Potentilla tormentilla, known as the (common) tormentil, septfoil or erect cinquefoil ) is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging...
- reptans, known as the creeping cinquefoil, European cinquefoil or creeping tormentil, is a flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. A creeping perennial plant...
- Phlobaphenes can be extracted from the root of the common tormentil (Potentilla erecta) as tormentil red. Phlobaphens can be found in the kola nut (where they...
- The tormentil mining bee (Andrena tarsata) is a species of mining bee from the family Andrenidae which has a Palearctic distribution. The tormentil mining...
- Press, was nominated for the Portico Prize. His second poetry collection, Tormentil, won a 2022 Royal Society of Literature Literature Matters Award. Ian...
- further refined to make "Red Rossler" by adding the roots of the common tormentil, giving it a bitter and astringent taste and a red color. Red Rossler...
- rotundifolia, "lus na feàrnaich" BlaeberryVaccinium myrtillus, with alum Red TormentilPotentilla tormentilla, "leanartach" Rock lichenRamalina scopulorum...
- different heathers, two types of gorse, cotton gr****, bog asphodel, tormentil etc. There are adders, lizards, stone chats, peregrine, chough and cuckoos...
- cinnamon, c****ia lignea (co**** bark of Cinnamomum c****ia), dittany, tormentil roots, bistort, gentian, galbanum, amber, terra sigillata, opium, long...