quinquefid

[kwing-kwuh-fid, kwin-]

adjective

1. cleft into five parts or lobes.

Other Word Forms

• subquinquefid adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of quinquefid¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; quinque- + -fid

Example Sentences

The leaves are broad, and of a glossy green, the flowers of a delicate primrose, and campanulated; the corolla is quinquefid, from whence rises the pointal, which afterwards turns to a pod of about four or five inches in length, containing the seeds, and a profusion of bright beautiful silk.

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Male calyx is trifid, the corolla three-petalled, with five stamens; the female calyx is quinquefid, the corolla divided into three segments, and furnished with three stamens.

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The male flowers are formed like a tapering column, and close over each other like the scales of fish; the female flowers consist of a trumpet-like style, with a quinquefid stigma.

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The cup of the flower is oblong and quinquefid.

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The calyx is divided into five segments, the corolla is quinquefid, and of the most delicate white, and with numerous antheræ tipped with yellow farina.

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