cinquefoil

noun

• 1a widely distributed herbaceous plant of the rose family, with compound leaves of five leaflets and five-petaled yellow flowers.

  • Genus Potentilla, family Rosaceae: numerous species, including the small-flowered creeping common cinquefoil (P. simplex) and the larger-flowered erect rough-fruited cinquefoil (P. recta)

• 2 Art an ornamental design of five lobes arranged in a circle, e.g., in architectural tracery or heraldry.