Cinquefoil Synonyms

sĭngkfoil, săngk-
Any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. five-finger

Words Related to Cinquefoil

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. fleur-de-lis
  2. fleur-de-lys
  3. cusped
  4. counterchange

Cinquefoil Sentence Examples

  • High up in Wharfedale the scars and screes support a range of plants including the nationally scarce alpine cinquefoil and hoary whitlowgrass.

  • Plants include mosses eg Sphagnum, cotton grass, purple moor grass, cranberry, marsh cinquefoil, marsh violet and round leaved sundew.

  • The black chief, with the ermine cinquefoil, from the arms of the County Council, represents the Leicestershire coalfield.

  • Windows with two-centred arches containing three lights with cinquefoil tracery.

  • Greater freedom of moulding and the use of trefoil and cinquefoil may be, but need not be, explained in this way.