1. Any of numerous plants grown for their five-petalled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties
   "The garden was filled with colourful cinquefoil plants";
   - five-finger
    
2. An ornamental carving consisting of five arcs arranged in a circle
   "The Gothic cathedral featured intricate cinquefoil designs in its stone tracery"

Derived forms: cinquefoils

Type of: bush, carving, shrub

Part of: genus Potentilla, Potentilla

Encyclopedia: Cinquefoil