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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

tormentille

; cf. Pr., It., & NL.

tormentilla

, Sp.

tormentila

; all fr. L.

tormentum

pain. So called because it is said to allay pain. See

(Bot.)

A rosaceous herb (

Potentilla Tormentilla

), the root of which is used as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea.

Noun.

A genus of plants,the septfoil. The root is used in medicines as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes or tormina, whence its name.

tormentil ‎(plural tormentils)

Potentilla erecta

Russian: лапча́тка прямостоя́чая f ‎(lapčátka prjamostojáčaja), калга́н (ru) ‎(kalgán), лапча́тка-у́зик f ‎(lapčátka-úzik), дубро́вка (ru) f ‎(dubróvka)