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cinquefoil

/singk-foil/US // ˈsɪŋkˌfɔɪl //UK // (ˈsɪŋkˌfɔɪl) //

奎利亚尔

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several plants belonging to the genus Potentilla, of the rose family, having yellow, red, or white five-petaled flowers, as P. reptans, of the Old World, or P. argentea, of North America.
    • : Also called quinquefoil, quintefoil. Architecture. a panellike ornament consisting of five lobes, divided by cusps, radiating from a common center.
    • : Heraldry. a charge in the form of a five-leaved clover.

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Examples

  • In June, he writes, "The wind dies, bees hover outside the open tower windows, the cinquefoil blooms butter yellow in the meadow."

  • On the south side the westernmost Perpendicular bay, up to the triforium, is solid and covered with cinquefoil panelling.

  • The panels are pointed and divided each into two cinquefoil divisions.

  • Over each seat is an ogee canopy, cinquefoil, crocketed, and surmounted by a huge finial.

  • Opposite to it is an enclosed Early English window, with cinquefoil heads and shafts in the jambs.

  • The Creeping Cinquefoil has a slender stem that creeps on the ground and forms new roots at the nodes.