cinquefoil noun & adjective. ['sɪŋkfɔɪl] Also cinqfoil. ME.
[from Latin quinquefolium: see CINQUE, FOIL noun¹.]
A. noun.
1. Any of various plants of the genus Potentilla, of the rose family, with compound leaves of five leaflets. ME.

2. An ornamental design resembling the leaf of a cinquefoil, esp. inscribed in an arch or circle. LME.
b. adjective. Shaped like the leaf of cinquefoil; decorated with cinquefoils. LME.

■ cinquefoiled adjective = CINQUEFOIL adjective E19.

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