quincuncial /kwɪnˈkʌnʃəl/ adjective2 •Arranged in a quincunx.Of this Quincunciall Ordination the Ancients practised much[,] discoursed little; […] — 1658 •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. formsmore quincuncial · most quincuncial