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FIVE-FINGER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties

Synonyms:

cinquefoil; five-finger

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("five-finger" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "five-finger"):

goose-tansy; goose grass; Potentilla anserina; silverweed (low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; northern United States; Europe; Asia)

Holonyms ("five-finger" is a member of...):

genus Potentilla; Potentilla (chiefly perennial northern hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoil)

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