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cinquefoil
noun
- any of a genus (Potentilla) of plants of the rose family, with white, yellow, or red flowers and fruit like a dry strawberry: some species have compound leaves with five leaflets arranged like the fingers on a hand
- Archit. a circular design made up of five converging arcs
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