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   fava bean
         n 1: seed of the broad-bean plant [syn: {broad bean}, {fava
               bean}, {horsebean}]
         2: shell beans cooked as lima beans [syn: {fava bean}, {broad
            bean}]

English Dictionary: five-finger by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
five-finger
n
  1. any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties
    Synonym(s): cinquefoil, five-finger
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
five-fingered maidenhair fern
n
  1. hardy palmately branched North American fern with divergent recurved branches borne on lustrous dark reddish stipes
    Synonym(s): American maidenhair fern, five-fingered maidenhair fern, Adiantum pedatum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
five-point bishop's cap
n
  1. small plant with leaves in a basal cluster and tiny greenish flowers in slender racemes; northwestern North America to California and Colorado
    Synonym(s): five-point bishop's cap, Mitella pentandra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
five-pointed
adj
  1. having five points
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fivepence
n
  1. a coin worth five cents
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fee-faw-fum \Fee`-faw`-fum"\, n.
      A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres;
      hence, any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and
      ignorant. [bd]Impudent fee-faw-fums.[b8] --J. H. Newman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Starfish \Star"fish\, n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.) 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}.
  
      Note: The ophiuroids are also sometimes called starfishes.
               See {Brittle star}, and {Ophiuroidea}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The dollar fish, or butterfish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Five-finger \Five"-fin`ger\, n.
      1. (Bot.) See {Cinquefoil}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A starfish with five rays, esp. {Asterias
            rubens}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      2. (Arch.) An ornamental foliation having five points or
            cups, used in windows, panels, etc. --Gwilt.
  
      {Marsh cinquefoil}, the {Potentilla palustris}, a plant with
            purple flowers which grows in fresh-water marshes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Starfish \Star"fish\, n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.) 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}.
  
      Note: The ophiuroids are also sometimes called starfishes.
               See {Brittle star}, and {Ophiuroidea}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The dollar fish, or butterfish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Five-finger \Five"-fin`ger\, n.
      1. (Bot.) See {Cinquefoil}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A starfish with five rays, esp. {Asterias
            rubens}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      2. (Arch.) An ornamental foliation having five points or
            cups, used in windows, panels, etc. --Gwilt.
  
      {Marsh cinquefoil}, the {Potentilla palustris}, a plant with
            purple flowers which grows in fresh-water marshes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Starfish \Star"fish\, n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.) 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}.
  
      Note: The ophiuroids are also sometimes called starfishes.
               See {Brittle star}, and {Ophiuroidea}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The dollar fish, or butterfish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Five-finger \Five"-fin`ger\, n.
      1. (Bot.) See {Cinquefoil}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A starfish with five rays, esp. {Asterias
            rubens}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
      2. (Arch.) An ornamental foliation having five points or
            cups, used in windows, panels, etc. --Gwilt.
  
      {Marsh cinquefoil}, the {Potentilla palustris}, a plant with
            purple flowers which grows in fresh-water marshes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Merils \Mer"ils\, n. [F. m[82]relle, marelle, marelles, LL.
      marella, marrella. Cf. {Morris} the game.]
      A boy's play, called also {fivepenny morris}. See {Morris}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Five Points, AL (town, FIPS 26200)
      Location: 33.01707 N, 85.35126 W
      Population (1990): 200 (76 housing units)
      Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 36855
   Five Points, FL (CDP, FIPS 22475)
      Location: 30.22266 N, 82.64402 W
      Population (1990): 1136 (468 housing units)
      Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Five Points, OH (CDP, FIPS 27303)
      Location: 39.56157 N, 84.19715 W
      Population (1990): 1554 (510 housing units)
      Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Five Points, TN
      Zip code(s): 38457
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