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Phyllotaxy
(gcide) | Phyllotaxy \Phyl"lo*tax`y\ (f[i^]l"l[-o]*t[a^]ks`[y^]),
Phyllotaxis \Phyl"lo*tax`is\ (f[i^]l"l[-o]*t[a^]ks`[i^]s), n.
[Phyllo- + Gr. ta`xis order.] (Bot.)
The order or arrangement of leaves on the stem; the science
of the relative position of leaves.
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Quincuncial phyllotaxy
(gcide) | Quincuncial \Quin*cun"cial\, [L. quincuncialis, from quincunx.
See Quincunx.]
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1. Having the form of a quincunx.
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2. (Bot.) 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 [ae]stivation.
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Quincuncial phyllotaxy (Bot.), an arrangement of five
leaves in a spiral, each leaf two fifths of a circle from
the next.
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