Category:Quincuncial

Quin*cun"cial, etym: [l. quincuncialis, from quincunx. See quincunx.]

1. Having the form of a quincunx.

2. (bot.)

Defn: 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.