cinquefoil
Rose family herb
Cinquefoil is a plant of the rose family with compound leaves typically divided into five leaflets arranged like fingers spreading from a palm.
The name comes from French for "five leaves." In architecture and heraldry, a cinquefoil is a decorative motif of five rounded lobes arranged symmetrically, resembling the plant's leaf pattern: The Gothic window featured an ornate cinquefoil.
Decorative branching stonework
- windowGlass-fitted wall opening
- ornamentThing that beautifies
- foilDefeat a plan
- quatrefoilFour-lobed ornamental pattern
trefoil · cusps · pointed arch · cathedral · stonework · openwork · decorative · rose window
Uncultivated flowering plant
- perennialRecurring each year
- groundcoverLow plants blanketing soil
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
- alpineOf high elevations
shrub · meadow · rosaceae · herbaceous · foliage · stolons · rootstock · native
Cost or accusation
- escutcheonShield bearing heraldry
- coat of armsHereditary symbolic emblem
- blazonHeraldic shield notation
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
armorial · device · medieval · nobility · crest · tincture · field · argent
Five-sided closed figure
Herb steeped in alcohol
- infusionSteeping to extract essence
- herbalismPlant-based healing tradition
- medicinalHaving healing properties
- apothecaryHistorical medicine preparer
foraging · decoction · astringent · folk remedy · poultice · wildcrafting · ethnobotany · traditional medicine
tracery
Decorative branching stonework
quatrefoil · trefoil · cusps · pointed arch · cathedral · stonework · openwork · decorative · rose window · mullion
wildflower
Uncultivated flowering plant
- perennialRecurring each year
- groundcoverLow plants blanketing soil
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
alpine · shrub · meadow · rosaceae · herbaceous · foliage · stolons · rootstock · native · hardy
charge
Cost or accusation
- escutcheonShield bearing heraldry
- coat of armsHereditary symbolic emblem
- blazonHeraldic shield notation
shield · armorial · device · medieval · nobility · crest · tincture · field · argent · or
pentagon
Five-sided closed figure
radial · regular · shape · lobes · cusped · pointed · construction
tincture
Herb steeped in alcohol
- infusionSteeping to extract essence
- herbalismPlant-based healing tradition
- medicinalHaving healing properties
apothecary · foraging · decoction · astringent · folk remedy · poultice · wildcrafting · ethnobotany · traditional medicine · gargle
petals
Colored bloom segments
flower · notched · rosette · stamens · bloom · pollen · sepals · flowering · radial · symmetrical