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Like wheatgrass juice, spinach juice contains chlorophyll, and is known as a potent cleanser and cell builder.

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  1. adjective Possessing inner or physical strength; powerful.
  2. adjective Exerting or capable of exerting strong physiological or chemical effects: potent liquor; a potent toxin.
  3. adjective Exerting or capable of exerting strong influence; cogent: potent arguments.

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  1. Middle English, from Latin potēns, potent-, present participle of posse, to be able; see poti- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. I. a. from Old French *potent = Spanish Portuguese Italian potente, from Latin poten(t-)s, powerful, strong, potent, present participle of posse (indicative possum), be able, from potis, able, powerful, orig. a lord, master, = Greek πότις, later πόσις, husband, orig. master, lord, = Sanskrit pati, master, lord, = Lithuanian patis, lord. The same element occurs also in despot, host, q. v. II. n. from Middle English potent, potente, a crutch, equivalent to potence, a crutch: see potence.
 

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/ˈpoʊtənt/
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