cinquefoil: Meaning and Definition of

cinque•foil

1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Potentilla, of the rose family, having yellow, red, or white five-petaled flowers, as P. reptansof the Old World, or P. argenteaof North America.
2. Also calleda panellike ornament consisting of five lobes, divided by cusps, radiating from a common center.
3. a charge in the form of a five-leaved clover.