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cinquefoil

Herbal medicine
(1) Potentilla erecta; erect cinquefoil, see there.
(2) Potentilla reptans, a perennial herb; it is antidiarrhoeal, antipyretic, astringent and tonic, and has been used to treat nasal and oral bleeding, sore throat and toothaches.
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Luke said: "I was just shocked and I asked my dad and he said I haven't heard of a five-leafed clover.
Roughly one in 10,000 clovers have four leaves and, although no official figures exist to demonstrate how rare a five-leaf clover is, some sources say you have just a one in 20,000 chance of finding one.
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In this study, 2,4D at 0.75 kg [ha.sup.-1] at five-leaf stage (W2) performed better than the other herbicide treatments.
This research found that multiple sandblasting at the one- and five-leaf or the one-, three-, and five-leaf stages produced consistently high levels of weed control throughout the growing season.
"My uncle Dave did some research and found that five-leaf clovers are supposed to mean money.
She came across the crop while out for a stroll in the clover "hot spot area" around East Cleveland, when she found a group of 11 four-leaf, 28 five-leaf, ten six-leaf and 14 seven-leaf clovers.
On Tuesday, Cato Crane will be offering a good mahogany breakfront bookcase which should realise pounds 5,000-pounds 7,000 and a five-leaf pollarded oak extending dining table with a nice golden brown colour and original patina, which could achieve pounds 6,000.
Now nine years later, the eagle-eyed Gisborough Hall Hotel worker has found - all at one time 170 four-leaf, 73 five-leaf, 17 six-leaf and two seven-leaf clovers.
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