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The European cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans), often used medicinally." [4] The word is derived from Old French cinc, Middle English cink and ultimately Latin quinque – all meaning "five" –, and feuille and foil/foille which mean "leaf". Formerly this term referred to five-leaved plants in general.
Mango Tango #E77200 231 114 0 2003–present No No No No Yes Yes Yellow-Orange #FFAE42 255 174 66 1930–present Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Maximum Yellow Red #F2BA49 242 186 73 1926–1944 Part of the Munsell line. [2] Banana Mania #FBE7B2 251 231 178 1998–present Known as "Banana Bonanza", 2015. No No No No No Yes Maize #F2C649 242 198
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive.
Dasiphora is a genus of shrubs in the rose family Rosaceae, native to Asia, with one species D. fruticosa (shrubby cinquefoil), ranging across the entire cool temperate Northern Hemisphere. In the past, the genus was normally included in Potentilla as Potentilla sect. Rhopalostylae , [ 1 ] but genetic evidence has shown it to be distinct.
Potentilla argentea, known as hoary cinquefoil, [1] silver cinquefoil, [2] silvery cinquefoil, [3] or silver-leaf cinquefoil, [4] is a perennial herb (or forb) in the family Rosaceae. Potentilla argentea is native to Europe, Asia Minor, and Siberia, [ 3 ] and is introduced throughout temperate areas in North America and in New Zealand.
Cinquefoil or Potentilla is a genus containing over 300 species of flowering plants in the rose family. Cinquefoil may also refer to: Comarum, a genus of plants formerly included with Potentilla; Dasiphora, woody cinquefoils; Drymocallis, a genus formerly included with Potentilla; Sibbaldiopsis, three-toothed cinquefoil
Multifoil arch in the Aljafería, Zaragoza, Spain. A multifoil arch (or polyfoil arch), also known as a cusped arch, [1] [2] polylobed arch, [3] [4] or scalloped arch, [5] is an arch characterized by multiple circular arcs or leaf shapes (called foils, lobes, or cusps) that are cut into its interior profile or intrados.
Typically, the number of cusps can be three , four , five (cinquefoil [1]), or a larger number (multifoil). [2] The word comes from Latin folium which meaning “leaf.” [ 3 ] Foil motifs may be used as part of the heads and tracery of window lights , complete windows themselves, the underside of arches, in heraldry , within panelling, and as ...