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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[

Quique-

+ the root of L.

findere

to cleave: cf. F.

quinquéfide

(Bot.)

Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into five segments;

as, a

quinquefid

leaf or corolla

Adj.

[L. quinque, five, and findo, to split.]

In botany, five-cleft; cut into five segments with linear sinuses and straight margins; as a leaf.

quinquefid ‎(not comparable)

(botany) Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into five segments.

a quinquefid leaf

a quinquefid corolla