creeping cinquefoil

creep·ing cinque·foil

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Definitions of creeping cinquefoil words

noun creeping cinquefoil 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. 1
noun creeping cinquefoil Also called quinquefoil, quintefoil. Architecture. a panellike ornament consisting of five lobes, divided by cusps, radiating from a common center. 1
noun creeping cinquefoil Heraldry. a charge in the form of a five-leaved clover. 1

before 1375

One of the 22% oldest English words

1375-1425; late Middle English sink foil < Middle French cincfoille < Latin quīnque folia five leaves, translation of Greek pentáphyllon

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