quinquefid

American  

[kwing-kwuh-fid, kwin-] / ˈkwɪŋ kwə fɪd, ˈkwɪn- /

adjective

1. cleft into five parts or lobes.

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Other Word Forms

• subquinquefid adjective

Etymology

Origin of quinquefid

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

Example Sentences

The cup of the flower is oblong and quinquefid.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

Trumpet Flower, bignonia unguis, is a genus of the angiospermia order, class didynamia; the calyx is quinquefid, the corolla of an elegant bell-shape, and is also quinquefoliated.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

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.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

Adj. quinquefid, quinquelateral, quinquepartite; quinqevalent, pentavalent; quinquarticular†; octifid†; decimal, tenth, tithe; duodecimal, twelfth; sexagesimal†, sexagenary†; hundredth, centesimal; millesimal &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

And the phrases two-cleft, or, in the Latin form, bifid, three-cleft or trifid, four-cleft or quadrifid, five-cleft or quinquefid, etc., or many-cleft, in the Latin form, multifid,—express the number of the Segments, or portions.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa