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cinquefoil

[singk-foil] / ˈsɪŋkˌfɔɪl /


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For Potentilla, or cinquefoil, it’s a more industrial approach.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

Vollmer’s research on the dwarf mountain cinquefoil seeks to provide evidence of the plant cloning itself by producing seeds without fertilization, or of genetic diversity and its evolution.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 21, 2020

And when I explained that she had found it while digging for cinquefoil root—which we used on open sores—he seemed quite interested.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

The grass was knee-high and thick with cornflowers, gentians, cinquefoil.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

The badges are engraved on the face with the priory arms—"Argent, a cross fusilly gules: in the dexter chief, a cinquefoil gules"—with an inscription on the reverse.

From Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See by George Worley


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