| 单词 | cinquefoil |
| 释义 | cinquefoil /singk"foyl'/, n. 1. any 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. 2. Also called quinquefoil, quintefoil. Archit. a panellike ornament consisting of five lobes, divided by cusps, radiating from a common center. 3. Heraldry. a charge in the form of a five-leaved clover. [1375-1425; late ME sink foil < MF cincfoille < L quinque folia five leaves, trans. of Gk pentáphyllon] |
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