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cinquefoil

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Noun
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cinque=foil

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun cinquefoil has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

cinquefoiln. [Cinque five + foil, F. feuille leaf. See Foil.].
  •  The name of several different species of the genus Potentilla; -- also called five-finger, because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand.  [1913 Webster]
  •  An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc.  Gwilt.  [1913 Webster]
Marsh cinquefoil, the Potentilla palustris, a plant with purple flowers which grows in fresh-water marshes.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cinquefoil, n.
1 any plant of the genus Potentilla, with compound leaves of five leaflets.
2 Archit. a five-cusped ornament in a circle or arch.

Etymology
ME f. L quinquefolium f. quinque five + folium leaf
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