Associations to the word «Quincuncial»

Wiktionary

QUINCUNCIAL, adjective. Arranged in a quincunx.
QUINCUNCIAL, adjective. (botany) 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.

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