Usually means: Five-line, syllable-based poem form.
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  1. cinquain: Merriam-Webster
  2. cinquain: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cinquain: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cinquain: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cinquain: Wordnik
  6. cinquain: Wiktionary
  7. cinquain: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. cinquain: Dictionary.com
  9. Cinquain: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. cinquain: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. CINQUAIN: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Definitions from Wiktionary (cinquain)

noun:  A five-line poetic form which consists of 2, 4, 6, 8 then 2 syllables.
noun:  (education) A five-line poetic form set as a writing exercise for children, consisting of one noun, two adjectives, three actions, four feeling words, and the initial noun again.

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