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quincuncial

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Adjective
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quin=cun=cial

CIDE DICTIONARY

quincuncial,  [L. quincuncialis, from quincunx. See Quincunx.].
  •  Having the form of a quincunx.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so imbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other has one edge exterior and one interior; as, quincuncial æstivation.  [1913 Webster]
Quincuncial phyllotaxy (Bot.), an arrangement of five leaves in a spiral, each leaf two fifths of a circle from the next.

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