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
- : 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.
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