Wondering how to use Cinquefoil in a sentence? Below are 2 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as shrub or bush.
Cinquefoil in a sentence
Cinquefoil meaning
- A potentilla (flower).
- A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
- A particular knot of five crossings.
Using Cinquefoil
- The main meaning on this page is: A potentilla (flower). | A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes. | A particular knot of five crossings.
- Useful related words include: five-finger, shrub, bush, carving.
Context around Cinquefoil
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cinquefoil
- In this selection, "cinquefoil" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hyphens, white, five and hanging stand out and add context to how "cinquefoil" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include any hyphens cinquefoil five petal and the white cinquefoil hanging from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cinquefoil" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cinquefoil
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The supporting lions are wearing coronets in the form of collars, with the white cinquefoil hanging from them. (18 words)
It exists in French too but is written aide de camp (without any hyphens). ; cinquefoil : five-petal, five-leaf flower of the genus Potentilla, family Rosaceae; also a circular 5-lobed ornamental design. (33 words)
It exists in French too but is written aide de camp (without any hyphens). ; cinquefoil : five-petal, five-leaf flower of the genus Potentilla, family Rosaceae; also a circular 5-lobed ornamental design. (33 words)
The supporting lions are wearing coronets in the form of collars, with the white cinquefoil hanging from them. (18 words)
Example sentences (2)
It exists in French too but is written aide de camp (without any hyphens). ; cinquefoil : five-petal, five-leaf flower of the genus Potentilla, family Rosaceae; also a circular 5-lobed ornamental design.
The supporting lions are wearing coronets in the form of collars, with the white cinquefoil hanging from them.