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ALL meanings of creeping cinquefoil

creep·ing cinque·foil
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  • noun creeping cinquefoil any of several plants belonging to the genus Potentilla, of the rose family, having yellow, red, or white five-petaled flowers, as P. reptans (creeping cinquefoil) of the Old World, or P. argentea (silvery cinquefoil) of North America. 1
  • noun creeping cinquefoil Also called quinquefoil, quintefoil. Architecture. a panellike ornament consisting of five lobes, divided by cusps, radiating from a common center. 1
  • noun creeping cinquefoil Heraldry. a charge in the form of a five-leaved clover. 1
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