Index of English words, starting with "qu"

(1) - Quincuncial () 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; as, quincuncial aestivation.
(2) - Quincuncial () Having the form of a quincunx.

(1) - Quincuncially (adv.) In the manner or order of a quincunx.

(1) - Quincunx (n.) A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in aestivation. See Quincuncial, 2.
(2) - Quincunx (n.) The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150¡.
(3) - Quincunx (n.) An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions.