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cinquefoils

cinquefoils is the plural of cinquefoil.

Meaning of cinquefoil

Noun

cinquefoil (plural cinquefoils)

  1. A potentilla (flower).
    • 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.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 112
  2. A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
  3. A particular knot of five crossings.
    Synonyms:
    cinquefoil knot, 5_1, T(5,2)

Questions about cinquefoils

What is cinquefoils the plural of?
Cinquefoils is the plural of cinquefoil.

Words near cinquefoils in the dictionary

  1. cinquedas
  2. cinquedea
  3. cinquedeas
  4. cinquefoil
  5. cinquefoiled
  6. cinquefoils
  7. cinquepace
  8. cinquepaces
  9. cinquepas
  10. Cinquera
  11. cinques

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