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Definitions for Cinquefoil
[1] 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.
[2] Also called quinquefoil, quintefoil. Architecture . a panellike ornament consisting of five lobes, divided by cusps, radiating from a common center.
[3] Heraldry . a charge in the form of a five-leaved clover.
[4] any plant of the N temperate rosaceous genus Potentilla, typically having five-lobed compound leaves
[5] an ornamental carving in the form of five arcs arranged in a circle and separated by cusps
[6] heraldry a charge representing a five-petalled flower
Words related to Cinquefoil
pentangle, pentagram, quintuple, lustrum, cinque, quinquennium, pentacle, quintuplet, pentagon, limerick, pentad, quincunx, quinquennial, quintuplicate
Words nearby Cinquefoil
cinque ports, cinque terre, cinquecentist, cinquecento, cinquedea, cinquefoil, cintra, cinzano, cinéma vérité, cio, cion
Origin of Cinquefoil
1375–1425; late Middle English sink foil < Middle French cincfoille < Latin quīnque folia five leaves, translation of Greek pentáphyllon
Word origin for Cinquefoil
C13 sink foil, from Old French cincfoille, from Latin quinquefolium plant with five leaves, translating Greek pentaphullon from pente five + phullon leaf
Synonyms for Cinquefoil
cinque, limerick, lustrum, pentacle, pentad, pentagon, pentagram, pentangle, quinquennium, quintette, quintuple, quintuplet, quincunx, quinquennial, quintuplets. associatedwords: quinary, quintuplicate