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
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
On entering the broad and noble nave nothing could be seen of its clustered pillars, or of the exquisite pointed arches, enriched with cinquefoil and quatrefoil, inclosing blank shields, which they supported.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by William Harrison Ainsworth
