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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cinque•foil (singk′foil′),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany 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.
- ArchitectureAlso called quinquefoil, quintefoil. a panellike ornament consisting of five lobes, divided by cusps, radiating from a common center.
- [Heraldry.]a charge in the form of a five-leaved clover.
- Latin quīnque folia five leaves, translation of Greek pentáphyllon
- Middle French cincfoille
- late Middle English sink foil 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cinquefoil /ˈsɪŋkˌfɔɪl/ n - any plant of the N temperate rosaceous genus Potentilla, typically having five-lobed compound leaves
- an ornamental carving in the form of five arcs arranged in a circle and separated by cusps
Etymology: 13th Century sink foil, from Old French cincfoille, from Latin quinquefolium plant with five leaves, translating Greek pentaphullon from pente five + phullon leaf |