five-finger

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five-finger - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Five-finger \Five"-fin`ger\ (f[imac]v"-f[i^][ng]`g[~e]r), n.
     1. (Bot.) See Cinquefoil.
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     2. (Zool.) A starfish with five rays, esp. Asterias rubens.
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  Starfish \Star"fish`\ (-f[i^]sh`), n.
     1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of echinoderms
        belonging to the class Asterioidea, in which the body is
        star-shaped and usually has five rays, though the number
        of rays varies from five to forty or more. The rays are
        often long, but are sometimes so short as to appear only
        as angles to the disklike body. Called also sea star,
        five-finger, and stellerid.
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     Note: The ophiuroids are also sometimes called starfishes.
           See Brittle star, and Ophiuroidea.
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     2. (Zool.) The dollar fish, or butterfish.
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  Cinquefoil \Cinque"foil`\, n. [Cinque five + foil, F. feuille
     leaf. See Foil.]
     1. (Bot.) The name of several different species of the genus
        Potentilla; -- also called five-finger, because of the
        resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand.
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     2. (Arch.) An ornamental foliation having five points or
        cups, used in windows, panels, etc. --Gwilt.
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     Marsh cinquefoil, the Potentilla palustris, a plant with
        purple flowers which grows in fresh-water marshes.
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five-finger - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  five-finger
      n 1: any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled
           flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have
           medicinal properties [syn: cinquefoil, five-finger]