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octofoil
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Adjective
octofoil (not comparable)
- Having eight lobes or leaves. [from 19th c.]
- 2001, WG Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell, Austerlitz, Penguin, published 2011, page 213:
- Then there was the cool air as I entered the front hall of Number Twelve Šporkova, the metal box for the electrics built into the wall beside the entrance with its lightning symbol, the octofoil mosaic flower in shades of dove grey and snow white […]
Noun
octofoil (plural octofoils)
- (heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf with eight lobes; a double quatrefoil.
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