potentilla

noun

A large genus of rosaceous plants, type of the tribe Potentilleæ, characterized by the numerous pistils on the dry receptacle, styles not lengthened after flowering, four or five bracts below the calyx, and many stamens in a single row.

noun

[lowercase] A plant of this genus.

noun

Any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla; the cinquefoils

noun

chiefly perennial northern hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoil