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cinquefoil
noun
cinque·foil
ˈsiŋk-ˌfȯi(-ə)l 
ˈsaŋk-
ˈsaŋk-
1
: any of a genus (Potentilla) of herbs and shrubs of the rose family usually having 5-lobed leaves and 5-petaled flowers
called also potentilla
2
: a design enclosed by five joined foils
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Standouts include the Çınarlı Mosque, formerly the Greek Orthodox church of Ayios Yorgis, built in 1790 with its ionic columns and cinquefoil windows.
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Feride Yalav-Heckeroth, CNN, 24 May 2023
There are many different types of weeds that can spoil a lush, green lawn: crabgrass, dandelions, white clover, quack grass, wood sorrel, bindweed, broad-leaf plantain, cinquefoil and creeping charley to name a few.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2019
DeBolt recently drove through Stanley and found an array of meadow flowers in bloom, including wyethia (aka mule’s ears), elephant heads, penstemon, cinquefoil, buckwheat and scarlet gilia.
—Anna Webb, idahostatesman, 10 July 2017
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Feride Yalav-Heckeroth, CNN, 24 May 2023
There are many different types of weeds that can spoil a lush, green lawn: crabgrass, dandelions, white clover, quack grass, wood sorrel, bindweed, broad-leaf plantain, cinquefoil and creeping charley to name a few.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2019
DeBolt recently drove through Stanley and found an array of meadow flowers in bloom, including wyethia (aka mule’s ears), elephant heads, penstemon, cinquefoil, buckwheat and scarlet gilia.
—Anna Webb, idahostatesman, 10 July 2017
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“Cinquefoil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cinquefoil. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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cinquefoil
noun
cinque·foil
ˈsiŋk-ˌfȯil
ˈsaŋk-
ˈsaŋk-
: any of a group of plants that have leaves with five lobes and are related to the roses
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