cinquefoil

名词 cinquefoil:

1. any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties
   同义词：five-finger
2. an ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle

cinque.foil

n.（名词）
Any of several plants of the genusPotentilla in the rose family, native chiefly to temperate and cold regions and having yellow or sometimes white or red flowers and compound leaves that in some species bear five leaflets.
委陵菜：一种蔷薇科委陵菜属 植物，多原产于温带和寒带地区，开黄花，有时开白花或红花，有些种类长五小叶的复叶
Architecture A design having five sides composed of converging arcs, usually used as a frame for glass or a panel.
【建筑学】 五瓣花饰，梅花形装饰：一种图案，有由凸弧组成的五边，常用作玻璃框架或窗格

来源：
Middle English cinkfoil
中古英语 cinkfoil
cink [five] * see cinque
cink [五] *参见 cinque
foil [leaf] translation of Old French quintefeuille from Latin quonquefolium translation of Greek pentaphullon * see foil 2
foil [叶] 古法语 quintefeuille的翻译 源自 拉丁语 quonquefolium 希腊语 pentaphullon的翻译 *参见 foil2