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Definition of Quincuncial
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Quincuncial
1. Of the arrangement of corolla lobes in a bud, a variant of imbricate aestivation. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quincuncial
Literary usage of Quincuncial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Projections by Thomas Craig (1882)
"<T 7)=:Z=zV the equations for the projection by development of the cylinder,
quincuncial PROJECTION OF THE SPHERE. This projection was constructed by Mr. 0. ..."
2. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1864)
"Nevertheless he appears to think that the quincuncial ... but that one flower
here and there presents the quincuncial structure, described by Grisebach in ..."
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