a flower design with six petals or leaves fanning out from a common centre
adjective
2.
having the characteristics of such a flower
sexfoil in American English
(ˈseksˌfɔil)
noun
a round ornament consisting of six lobes divided by cusps
Word origin
[1680–90; sex- + -foil, as in trefoil]This word is first recorded in the period 1680–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: commode, knockdown, mob, picket, timekeeper