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creeping cinquefoil - 2 dictionary results
cinque⋅foil
[singk-foil] 
–noun
| 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. Architecture. 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. |
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME sink foil < MF cincfoille < L quīnque folia five leaves, trans. of Gk pentáphyllon
1375–1425; late ME sink foil < MF cincfoille < L quīnque folia five leaves, trans. of Gk pentáphyllon
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