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octofoil

UK/ˈɒktəfɔɪl/

octofoil adjective: having eight lobes or leaves.

Adjective

octofoil (not comparable)

  1. Having eight lobes or leaves.
    • Then there was the cool air as I entered the front hall of Number Twelve Šporkova, the metal box for the electrics built into the wall beside the entrance with its lightning symbol, the octofoil mosaic flower in shades of dove grey and snow white […]2001, WG Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell, Austerlitz, Penguin, published 2011, page 213

Noun

octofoil (plural octofoils)

  1. A stylized flower or leaf with eight lobes; a double quatrefoil.

Forms of octofoil

pluraloctofoils

Origin of octofoil

From octo- + foil.

Questions about octofoil

What does octofoil mean?
Octofoil means having eight lobes or leaves.
What part of speech is octofoil?
Octofoil can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce octofoil?
Octofoil is pronounced /ˈɒktəfɔɪl/ (UK).

Words near octofoil in the dictionary

  1. octoedrical
  2. octofarious
  3. octofid
  4. octofinal
  5. octofinals
  6. octofoil
  7. octofoiled
  8. octofoils
  9. octogamy
  10. octogen
  11. octogenarian

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