cinquefoil

Example Sentences

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

From Seattle Times

He points to clumps of bunchgrass interspersed with geraniums, cinquefoils, lichen, and patches of bare soil.

From The Guardian

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

Peak season finds meadows brimming with avalanche lilies, pink heather, western pasqueflowers, lupine, scarlet paintbrush and bright yellow cinquefoil, all with a backdrop of cascading waterfalls and sparkling glaciers.

From Washington Post

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 Literature