cinquefoils in English
noun
1
a widely distributed herbaceous plant of the rose family, with compound leaves of five leaflets and five-petaled yellow flowers.
One of these plants, Robbins' cinquefoil or dwarf cinquefoil , has been proposed for removal from the federal endangered species list.
2
an ornamental design of five lobes arranged in a circle, e.g., in architectural tracery or heraldry.
The cinquefoil , when inscribed in a circle, forms a rosette of five equal leaves having an open space in the middle, the leaves being formed by the open spaces.
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1. Lupines, mountain ash, cinquefoils, Arnicas, pearly everlastings and grass-of-parnassus also make their debut in early Summer
2. Among the Rosaceae, cinquefoils are close relatives of avens (genus Geum) and roses (Rosa), and even closer relatives of Agrimonies (Agrimonia)
3. Botany by Wilfred William Robbins, John Nathan Martin (1919) "Some of them, as the Cinquefoils or Five-fingers and the Agrimonies, are weeds