- 1. Having the form of a quincunx. Source: opted
- 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; as, quincuncial aestivation. Source: opted
- 3. 1. Having the form of a quincunx. 2. (Bot.) 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. Quincuncial phyllotaxy (Bot.), an arrangement of five leaves in a spiral, each leaf two fifths of a circle from the next. Source: webster
- 4. Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla soimbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other hasone edge exterior and one interior; as, quincuncial æstivation.Quincuncial phyllotaxy (Bot.), an arrangement of five leaves in aspiral, each leaf two fifths of a circle from the next. Source: adambom
- 5. Having the form of a quincunx. 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 aestivation. Source: ecdict
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