CINQUEFOIL


Meaning of CINQUEFOIL in English

n. 1 any plant of the genus Potentilla, with compound leaves of five leaflets. 2 Archit. a five-cusped ornament in a circle or arch.

[ ME f. L quinquefolium f. quinque five + folium leaf ]

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