genus potentilla

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   chiefly perennial northern hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoil

   SynonymsPotentilla

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofRosaceae

Questions about genus potentilla

What does genus potentilla mean?

genus potentilla means "chiefly perennial northern hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoil".

What is another word for genus potentilla?

Close synonyms include Potentilla. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus potentilla a common word?

genus potentilla is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.