英语词汇“cinquefoil”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

cinque·foil

(sĭngkfoil′, săngk-)

1. Any of various herbs or shrubs chiefly of the genus Potentilla of the rose family, native to northern temperate regions and having yellow or sometimes white or red flowers and compound leaves that in some species bear five leaflets. Also called potentilla.

2. Architecture A design having five sides composed of converging arcs, usually used as a frame for glass or a panel.

[Middle English cinkfoil : cink, five; see CINQUE + foil, leaf (translation of Old French quintefeuille, from Latin quīnquefolium, translation of Greek pentaphullon); see FOIL².]

单词	cinquefoil
释义	cinque·foil (sĭngkfoil′, săngk-) n. 1. Any of various herbs or shrubs chiefly of the genus Potentilla of the rose family, native to northern temperate regions and having yellow or sometimes white or red flowers and compound leaves that in some species bear five leaflets. Also called potentilla. 2. Architecture A design having five sides composed of converging arcs, usually used as a frame for glass or a panel. [Middle English cinkfoil : cink, five; see CINQUE + foil, leaf (translation of Old French quintefeuille, from Latin quīnquefolium, translation of Greek pentaphullon); see FOIL².]
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