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quincuncial

/kwin-kuhn-shuhl, kwing-/US // kwɪnˈkʌn ʃəl, kwɪŋ- //UK // (kwɪnˈkʌnʃəl) //

五角洲,五角星,五角形,五角大楼

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : consisting of, arranged, or formed like a quincunx or quincunxes.
    • : Botany. noting a five-ranked arrangement of leaves.

Examples

  • Towards the tower Criere stood the orchard full of all fruit-trees, set and ranged in a quincuncial order.

  • Pores subregular, circular, gradually increasing in size, disposed in six to nine quincuncial alternating longitudinal rows.

  • We pretend not to multiply vegetable divisions by Quincuncial and Reticulate plants; or erect a new Phytology.

  • Scales on the back rounded, quincuncial, imbricate; those on the belly similar to those on the back and on the sides.

  • Pores regular, circular, quincuncial, twice as broad as the bars.