quinquefolium
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editquinquefolium (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
editAdjective
editquīnquefolium
- inflection of quīnquefolius: