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ˈtɔr mɛn tɪltor·men·til
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tormentilnoun
A low-growing herb (Potentilla erecta).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Tormentilnoun
Septfoil. A plant.
Etymology: tormentille, Fr. tormentilla, Lat.
The root has been used for tanning of leather, and accounted the best astringent in the whole vegetable kingdom. Philip Miller.
Refresh the spirits externally by some epithemata of balm, bugloss, with the powder of the roots of tormentil. Richard Wiseman.
Webster Dictionary
Tormentilnoun
a rosaceous herb (Potentilla Tormentilla), the root of which is used as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tormentil
tor′men-til, n. a genus of plants, one species with an astringent woody root. [Fr.,—Low L. tormentilla—L. tormentum.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tormentil in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tormentil in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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