cinquefoil in English

noun
1
a widely distributed herbaceous plant of the rose family, with compound leaves of five leaflets and five-petaled yellow flowers.
One of these plants, Robbins' cinquefoil or dwarf cinquefoil , has been proposed for removal from the federal endangered species list.
2
an ornamental design of five lobes arranged in a circle, e.g., in architectural tracery or heraldry.
The cinquefoil , when inscribed in a circle, forms a rosette of five equal leaves having an open space in the middle, the leaves being formed by the open spaces.
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1. Potentilla fruticosa L.: Shrubby cinquefoil absolute / Shrubby cinquefoil extract / oleoresin / Shrubby cinquefoil oil

2. Potentilla reptans L.: Creeping cinquefoil absolute / Creeping cinquefoil extract / oleoresin / Creeping cinquefoil oil

3. One such ointment was composed of Aconite, Belladonna, Water Parsley, Cinquefoil and

4. The first Bawbees of Mary, Queen of Scots, issued by the mint at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh carried the cinquefoil emblems of the Regent Arran

5. An observation-based analysis indicated that the plant species of the Podhale meadows, pastures and mountain pastures most commonly eaten by the sheep are as follows: snowcap (Arabis alpina), yellow thistle (Cirsium erisithales), arctic yellow violet (Viola bilora), alpine clematis (Clematis alpina), Senecio subalpinus, alpine snowbell (Soldanella carpatica), Austrian leopard's bane (Doronicum austriacum), wolfsbane (Aconitum firmum), saxifrage, alpine buttercup (Ranunculus alpestris), moss campion (Silene acaulis), cranberry (Oxycoccos quadripetalus), yellow saxifrage (Saxifraga aizoides), alpine blue sow thistle (Cicerbita alpina), net-leaved willow (Salix reticulata), Saxifraga wahlenbergii, alpine poppy (Papaver burseri), golden cinquefoil (Potentilla aurea) and narcissus-flowered anemone (Anemone narcissifolia