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单词 quinquefoil
释义

quinquefoil

/ˈkwɪŋkwɪfɔɪl/
Now rare
noun
1A cinquefoil (genus Potentilla), which typically has compound leaves of five leaflets. Now chiefly US and rare.
2An ornamental design resembling this leaf; = cinquefoil. rare.
adjective
Resembling the quinquefoil leaf, quinquefoil-shaped.

Origin

Old English; earliest use found in Bald's Leechbook. From classical Latin quīnquefolium cinquefoil (the plant), in post-classical Latin also ornamental design resembling this leaf, use as noun of neuter of quīnquefolius having five leaves from quīnque- + folium leaf.

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