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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024quin•cun•cial (kwin kun′shəl, kwing-),USA pronunciation adj. - consisting of, arranged, or formed like a quincunx or quincunxes.
- Botanynoting a five-ranked arrangement of leaves.
- Latin quīncunciālis, equivalent. to quīncunci- (stem of quīncunx quincunx) + -ālis -al1
- 1595–1605
quin•cun′cial•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: quincuncial /kwɪnˈkʌnʃəl/ adj - consisting of or having the appearance of a quincunx
- (of the petals or sepals of a five-membered corolla or calyx in the bud) arranged so that two members overlap another two completely and the fifth overlaps on one margin and is itself overlapped on the other
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