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plural cinquefoils
A potentilla (flower). quotations examples
Witches always anointed themselves with ointments before departing up the chimney to their Sabbaths. One such ointment was composed of Aconite, Belladonna, Water Parsley, Cinquefoil and Babies' Fat.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 112
(heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes. examples
(topology) A particular knot of five crossings.