cinquefoil

English

Fan-leaf cinquefoil (Potentilla flabellifolia)

Alternative forms

cinqfoil

Etymology

From Old French cinqfoil, from cinq (“five”) + foil (“leaf”)

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋk.fɔɪl/

Noun

cinquefoil (plural cinquefoils)

A potentilla (flower).
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
(topology) A particular knot of five crossings.

Synonyms

(flower): fiveleaf
(knot): cinquefoil knot, $5_{1}$ , $T(5,2)$

Coordinate terms

Related terms

Translations

potentilla — see potentilla

heraldry: stylized flower or leaf with five lobes

Catalan: quinquefoli m
French: quintefeuille (fr) f

German: Fünfpass m
Italian: cinquefoglie (it) m

topology: knot

Further reading

cinquefoil knot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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