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

quinquefoil

/ˈkwɪŋkwɪfɔɪl/

Now rare

noun

1A cinquefoil (genus Potentilla), which typically has compound leaves of five leaflets. Now chiefly US and rare.

2An ornamental design resembling this leaf; = cinquefoil. rare.

adjective

Resembling the quinquefoil leaf, quinquefoil-shaped.

Origin

Old English; earliest use found in Bald's Leechbook. From classical Latin quīnquefolium cinquefoil (the plant), in post-classical Latin also ornamental design resembling this leaf, use as noun of neuter of quīnquefolius having five leaves from quīnque- + folium leaf.

单词	quinquefoil
释义	quinquefoil /ˈkwɪŋkwɪfɔɪl/ Now rare noun 1A cinquefoil (genus Potentilla), which typically has compound leaves of five leaflets. Now chiefly US and rare. 2An ornamental design resembling this leaf; = cinquefoil. rare. adjective Resembling the quinquefoil leaf, quinquefoil-shaped. Origin Old English; earliest use found in Bald's Leechbook. From classical Latin quīnquefolium cinquefoil (the plant), in post-classical Latin also ornamental design resembling this leaf, use as noun of neuter of quīnquefolius having five leaves from quīnque- + folium leaf.
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