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quinquefid

quinquefid adjective: sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into five segments.

Adjective

quinquefid (not comparable)

  1. Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into five segments.
    • a quinquefid leaf
      a quinquefid corolla

Origin of quinquefid

From Latin quinquefidus, variant of quinquifidus, from quinque (“five”) + -fidus, from findere (“to split”). Equivalent to quinque- + -fid.

Words formed from quinquefid

Questions about quinquefid

What does quinquefid mean?
Quinquefid means sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into five segments.
What part of speech is quinquefid?
Quinquefid is an adjective.

Words near quinquefid in the dictionary

  1. quinquecostate
  2. quinquedentate
  3. quinquedentated
  4. quinquedigitate
  5. quinquefarious
  6. quinquefid
  7. quinquefoil
  8. quinquefoils
  9. quinquefoliate
  10. quinquefoliated
  11. quinquefoliolate

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