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QUINCUNCIAL

Definition: QUINCUNCIAL

QUINCUNCIAL

1. 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. Having the form of a quincunx.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: QUINCUNCIAL

English words defined with "QUINCUNCIAL": Quincunx. (references)

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Expressions: QUINCUNCIAL

Expressions using "QUINCUNCIAL": Quincuncial phyllotaxy quincuncial planting. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: QUINCUNCIAL

Language Translations for "QUINCUNCIAL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

plantning i krydsforband (quincuncial planting, quincunx planting). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

planten in kruisverband (quincuncial planting, quincunx planting). (various references)

   

French

  

plantation en quinconces (quincuncial planting, quincunx planting). (various references)

   

German

  

Kreuzpflanzung (quincuncial planting, quincunx planting). (various references)

   

Italian

  

piantagione a quinconce (quincuncial planting, quincunx planting). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

incuncialquay

   

Portuguese

  

plantação em quicôncio (quincuncial planting, quincunx planting). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

al tresbolillo. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

plantering i kryssförband (quincuncial planting, quincunx planting). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "QUINCUNCIAL"

Words rhyming with "QUINCUNCIAL" (pronounced 'Quin*cun"cial'): Antisocial, Auspicial, Beneficial, Bifacial, Cicatricial, Commercial, Comprovincial, Craniofacial, Crucial, financial, Ganancial, interfacial, judicial, Maleficial, Policial, Pontificial, Postglacial, Praecocial, Preglacial, Prejudicial, Pronuncial, Provencial, Racial, sacrificial, semiofficial, social, spacial, Subglacial, superficial, unifacial. (additional references)

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Anagrams: QUINCUNCIAL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-i-l-n-n-q-u-u"

-3 letters: cinquain.

-4 letters: aclinic, quinina, uncinal.

-5 letters: acinic, anilin, annuli, clinic, inulin, niacin, quinic, quinin, uncial, uncini, unnail.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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