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Potentilla recta, the sulphur cinquefoil [1] or rough-fruited cinquefoil, is a species of cinquefoil. It is native to Eurasia but it is present in North America as an introduced species, ranging through almost the entire continent except the northernmost part of Canada and Alaska. The plant probably originated in the Mediterranean Basin.
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.
Drymocallis is a genus of plants formerly (and sometimes still) included with the typical cinquefoils (Potentilla).It contains three species known or suspected to be protocarnivorous, [1] but more cinquefoils might eventually be moved here: [2] [3]
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
Shrubby cinquefoil is a popular ornamental plant in temperate regions. Different cultivars are variable with flowers ranging from white to yellow, orange and pink, but they are all hardy plants that produce flowers for much of the summer. The flowers are always small, flat, and round, but there are many dozens on each bush.
The 'Fazli' mango is a mango cultivar primarily grown in Bangladesh. and Indian States of West Bengal. It is a late maturing fruit, available after other varieties. Fazlis are commonly used in jams and pickles in the cuisine of the Indian subcontinent. Each mango can be quite large, going up to a kilo.
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 ...
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.