quinquifid, a. Bot.
(ˈkwɪnkwɪfɪd)
Also 8–9 quinque-.
[ad. L. quinquifid-us, f. quinque + fid-: see quadrifid.]
Cleft in five.
| 1703 J. Petiver in Phil. Trans. XXIII. 1425 The calyx is quinquifid and hoary. 1785 Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxi. (1794) 291 Their common characters are a quinquefid calyx. 1876 Harley Mat. Med. (ed. 6) 711 The..true calyx is one-leafed..with an obtusely quinquifid Margin. |