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English
Etymology
Latin
Noun
quinquefolium (uncountable)
- (obsolete) cinquefoil (i.e. fiveleaf)
1812, William Cullen, Benjamin Smith Barton, Professor Cullen's Treatise of the Materia Medica:On the same footing as of other astringents, we can readily admit of this; but the sensible qualities of the quinquefolium do not lead us to think that it is to be preferred, or that it is even equal to other plants of the same order.
Latin
Adjective
quīnquefolium
- inflection of quīnquefolius:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular