Recent Examples on the WebThis also works well on potentilla and summer blooming spirea.—Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2024 Great planting partners include weigela, new and improved varieties of potentilla such as 'Bella Bellissima,' lilac such as 'Miss Kim,' and ninebark.—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2022 Inside the freezer in Framingham are tightly sealed packages containing an estimated 6 million seeds from hundreds of plant species, bearing obscure or hard-to-pronounce names like potentilla robbinsiana.—Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2017
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Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Medieval Latin, garden heliotrope, from Latin potent-, potens
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