Quinquefid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quinquefid \Quin"que*fid\, a. [Quique- + the root of L. findere
     to cleave: cf. F. quinqu['e]fide.] (Bot.)
     Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into five
     segments; as, a quinquefid leaf or corolla.
     [1913 Webster] Quinquefoliate