1. a plant of the rose family with compound leaves typically having five leaflets
Usage: botany
2. a decorative design or architectural ornament having five lobes or points arranged like the petals of a flower
Usage: architecture; heraldry

Examples

• The yellow cinquefoil bloomed along the forest path.
• Wild cinquefoil spread across the meadow in early summer.
• The Gothic window featured an ornate cinquefoil design.
• Stone cinquefoils decorated the cathedral’s facade.
• She identified the plant as marsh cinquefoil by its five leaflets.
• The heraldic shield bore a silver cinquefoil on a blue field.
• Creeping cinquefoil is considered a weed in many lawns.