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Cinquefoil vs Septfoil - What's the difference?

cinquefoil | septfoil | coordinate terms |

Septfoil is a coordinate term of cinquefoil.



In heraldiccharge terms the difference between cinquefoil and septfoil

is that cinquefoil is a stylized flower or leaf with five lobes while septfoil is a stylized flower or leaf with seven lobes.

As nouns the difference between cinquefoil and septfoil

is that cinquefoil is potentilla flower while septfoil is a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of seven partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.

cinquefoil

English

Alternative forms

* cinqfoil

Noun

(en noun)
  • potentilla (flower)
  • (heraldiccharge) A stylized flower or leaf with five lobes.
  • (topology) A particular knot of five crossings.
  • Synonyms

    * (knot) cinquefoil knot, 5_1, T(5,2)

    Coordinate terms

    * trefoil * quatrefoil * sexfoil * octofoil

    septfoil

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of seven partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
  • (heraldiccharge) A stylized flower or leaf with seven lobes.
  • Coordinate terms

    * trefoil * quatrefoil * cinquefoil * sexfoil