1. plants of the rose family with compound leaves typically having five leaflets and five-petaled flowers
Usage: botanical
2. decorative designs or architectural ornaments having five lobes or points arranged in a circle
Usage: architecture; heraldry

Examples

• The garden was filled with yellow cinquefoils blooming along the pathway.
• Wild cinquefoils grew abundantly in the meadow.
• The botanist identified several species of cinquefoils in the field guide.
• Gothic windows often featured cinquefoils as decorative elements.
• The stone carving displayed intricate cinquefoils around the doorway.
• Medieval churches commonly used cinquefoils in their architectural details.
• The heraldic shield bore cinquefoils as part of the family crest.