Five-finger

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  five-finger
       n : any of a numerous plants grown for their 5-petal flowers;
           abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal
           properties [syn: {cinquefoil}]