TORMENTIL


Meaning of TORMENTIL in English

/tawr"men til/ , n.

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.

[ 1350-1400; ME tormentille tormentilla, equiv. to L torment ( um ) TORMENT + -illa dim. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .