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Definition of: cinquefoil
(singk′foil) noun
1. Archit. A five–cusped ornament or window; a five–leaved rosette.
2. Bot. Any one of several species of a genus (Potentilla) of plants of the rose family, with five–lobed leaves. [<F <L quinque five + folium leaf]
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