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quintefoil

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quinte⋅foil

[kwint-foil]
–noun
cinquefoil (def. 2).

Origin:
quinte- five, fifth (< F) + -foil (as in trefoil)

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
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