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quincunxial

quincunxial is the alternative spelling of quincuncial.

Meaning of quincuncial

Adjective

quincuncial (comparative more quincuncial, superlative most quincuncial)

  1. Arranged in a quincunx.
    • Of this Quincunciall Ordination the Ancients practiſed much[,] diſcourſed little; […]1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter I.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 98
  2. 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.
    • quincuncial aestivation

Forms of quincunxial

comparativemore quincunxial
superlativemost quincunxial

Origin of quincunxial

From quincunx + -ial.

Words formed from quincunxial

Questions about quincunxial

What is quincunxial the alternative spelling of?
Quincunxial is the alternative spelling of quincuncial.

Words near quincunxial in the dictionary

  1. quincunces
  2. quincuncial
  3. quincuncially
  4. quincunx
  5. quincunxes
  6. quincunxial
  7. quincunxially
  8. quincuple
  9. quincuplex
  10. Quincy
  11. Quinde

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quincunxial (page history and authors); quincuncial (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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