quinquefid

[ kwing-kwuh-fid, kwin- ]

adjective

1. cleft into five parts or lobes.

Other Words From

• sub·quinque·fid adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of quinquefid¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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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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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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.

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The cup of the flower is oblong and quinquefid.

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