cinquefoil
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Old French cinqfoil, from cinq (“five”) + foil (“leaf”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋk.fɔɪl/
Noun[edit]
cinquefoil (plural cinquefoils)
- A potentilla (flower).
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 112:
- Witches always anointed themselves with ointments before departing up the chimney to their Sabbaths. One such ointment was composed of Aconite, Belladonna, Water Parsley, Cinquefoil and Babies' Fat.
- (heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
- (topology) A particular knot of five crossings.
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Translations[edit]
potentilla — see potentilla
heraldry: stylized flower or leaf with five lobes
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topology: knot
Further reading[edit]
- cinquefoil knot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia