CINQUEFOILS Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word cinquefoils. (close relations)
Definition of CINQUEFOILS
Best Alternative Words for CINQUEFOILS
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| cinquefoil | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties • an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle | ||||||||
| pilosella | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • genus of hairy perennial herbs with horizontal rhizomes and leafy or underground stolons; Eurasia and North Africa; often considered congeneric with Hieracium | ||||||||
| potentilla | nounn | |||||||
noun • chiefly perennial Northern Hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoil | ||||||||
| fivefinger | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
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| tormentil | nounn | |||||||
noun • A low-growing herb (Potentilla erecta, syn. Potentilla tormentilla). | ||||||||
| five-finger | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties | ||||||||
| knot | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a tight cluster of people or things • any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object • a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged • (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour • something twisted and tight and swollen • soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design • a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere verb • make into knots; make knots out of • tie or fasten into a knot • tangle or complicate | ||||||||
