quincuncial

or quin·cun·xial

[ kwin-kuhn-shuhl, kwing- ]

adjective

1. consisting of, arranged, or formed like a quincunx or quincunxes.
2. Botany. noting a five-ranked arrangement of leaves.

quincuncial

/ kwɪnˈkʌnʃəl /

adjective

1. consisting of or having the appearance of a quincunx
2. (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

Derived Forms

• quinˈcuncially, adverb

Other Words From

• quin·cuncial·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of quincuncial¹

1595–1605; < Latin quīncunciālis, equivalent to quīncunci- (stem of quīncunx quincunx ) + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

While all England was in throes and confusion Browne was quietly attending his patients, or pottering along his garden at Norwich, or pursuing his meditations about sepulchral urns and his inquiries respecting the Quincuncial Lozenge.

From Project Gutenberg

Quincuncial, in a quincunx; when the parts in �stivation are five, two of them outside, two inside, and one half out and half in.

From Project Gutenberg

Another book in which great learning and ingenuity were applied to trifling ends, was the same author's Garden of Cyrus; or, the Quincuncial Lozenge or Network Plantations of the Ancients, in which a mystical meaning is sought in the occurrence throughout nature and art of the figure of the quincunx or lozenge.

From Project Gutenberg

Cells bi-multiserial, in the latter case quincuncial.

From Project Gutenberg

Another book in which great learning and ingenuity were applied to trifling ends was the same author's Garden of Cyrus; or, the Quincuncial Lozenge or Network Plantations of the Ancients, in which a mystical meaning is sought in the occurrence throughout nature and art of the figure of the quincunx or lozenge.

From Project Gutenberg