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cinquefoil
[ singk-foil ]
noun
- any of several plants belonging to the genus Potentilla, of the rose family, having yellow, red, or white five-petaled flowers, as P. reptans creeping cinquefoil, of the Old World, or P. argentea silvery cinquefoil, of North America.
- Also called quinquefoil, quintefoil. Architecture. a panellike ornament consisting of five lobes, divided by cusps, radiating from a common center.
- Heraldry. a charge in the form of a five-leaved clover.
cinquefoil
/ ˈsɪŋkˌfɔɪl /
noun
- any plant of the N temperate rosaceous genus Potentilla, typically having five-lobed compound leaves
- an ornamental carving in the form of five arcs arranged in a circle and separated by cusps
- heraldry a charge representing a five-petalled flower
Word History and Origins
Origin of cinquefoil1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cinquefoil1
Example Sentences
In June, he writes, "The wind dies, bees hover outside the open tower windows, the cinquefoil blooms butter yellow in the meadow."
On the south side the westernmost Perpendicular bay, up to the triforium, is solid and covered with cinquefoil panelling.
The panels are pointed and divided each into two cinquefoil divisions.
Over each seat is an ogee canopy, cinquefoil, crocketed, and surmounted by a huge finial.
Opposite to it is an enclosed Early English window, with cinquefoil heads and shafts in the jambs.
The Creeping Cinquefoil has a slender stem that creeps on the ground and forms new roots at the nodes.
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