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Quincuncial

//kwɪnˈkʌnʃəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Arranged in a quincunx.

    "Of this Quincunciall Ordination the Ancients practiſed much[,] diſcourſed little; […]"

  2. 2
    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.

    "quincuncial aestivation"

Etymology

From Latin quincuncialis.

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