Definition of Cinquefoils. Meaning of Cinquefoils. Synonyms of Cinquefoils

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Definition of Cinquefoils

Cinquefoil
Cinquefoil Cinque"foil`, n. [Cinque five + foil, F. feuille leaf. See Foil.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several different species of the genus Potentilla; -- also called five-finger, because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand. 2. (Arch.) An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc. --Gwilt. Marsh cinquefoil, the Potentilla palustris, a plant with purple flowers which grows in fresh-water marshes.

Meaning of Cinquefoils from wikipedia

- once used to produce red dye, lives on cinquefoils and other plants in Eurasia. Some, but not all, cinquefoils are insect-pollinated, producing nectar...
- the rose family. Cinquefoil may also refer to: Comarum, a genus of plants formerly included with Potentilla Dasiphora, woody cinquefoils Drymocallis, a...
- In knot theory, the cinquefoil knot, also known as Solomon's seal knot or the pentafoil knot, is one of two knots with crossing number five, the other...
- there was a large one along the roof in St Davids Cathedral with the cinquefoils, very few others were in use. However, there was also a wider feeling...
- plant native to North America. It was formerly included with the typical cinquefoils in the genus Potentilla. The leaves are pinnately compound with an uneven...
- is known by the common names silverweed, common silverweed or silver cinquefoil. It is native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, often on river...
- Potentilla reptans, known as the creeping cinquefoil, European cinquefoil or creeping tormentil, is a flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. A creeping...
- Dasiphora – woody cinquefoils (formerly in Potentilla) Dendriopoterium (currently in Sanguisorba) Drymocallis – sticky cinquefoils (formerly in Potentilla)...
- known by the common names varileaf cinquefoil, different-leaved cinquefoil,[citation needed] and mountain meadow cinquefoil. It is native to North America...
- synonym Potentilla fruticosa. Common names include shrubby cinquefoil, golden hardhack, bush cinquefoil, shrubby five-finger, widdy, kuril tea and tundra rose...