cinquefoil
Example Sentences
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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
The grass was knee-high and thick with cornflowers, gentians, cinquefoil.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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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
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They are closely allied to cinquefoil, and all belong to the rose family.
From Seed Dispersal by Beal, W. J. (William James)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.