noun
- a low-growing plant with yellow flowers, found in grasslands and heaths, used traditionally in herbal medicine
Usage: botanical
Examples
- Tormentil grows wild on the moors and hillsides.
- The herbalist recommended tormentil root for digestive problems.
- Small yellow tormentil flowers dotted the meadow.
- Traditional medicine has used tormentil for centuries.
- The botanist identified the plant as tormentil by its four-petaled flowers.
- Tormentil thrives in acidic soil conditions.