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Consisting of five; arranged by fives. Boyle. Quinary system (Zoöl.), a fanciful classification based on the hypothesis that each group contains five types.

Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole.

ne interior; as, quincuncial æstivation. Quincuncial phyllotaxy (Bot.), an arrangement of five leaves in a spiral, each leaf two fifths of a circle from the next.

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.

Having five angles or corners.

Relating to the five articles or points; as, the quinquarticular controversy between Arminians and Calvinists. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.

Having five leaflets. Gray.

A combining form meaning five, five times, fivefold; as, quinquefid, five-cleft; quinquedentate, five-toothed.

Having five angles; quinquangular.

Five-toothed; as, a quinquedentate leaf.

Arranged in five vertical rows; pentastichous. Gray.

Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into five segments; as, a quinquefid leaf or corolla.

Having five leaves or leaflets. Gray.

Consisting of five letters.

Cut less than halfway into portions, usually somewhat rounded; five-lobed; as, a quinquelobate leaf or corolla.

Having five cells or loculi; five-celled; as, a quinquelocular pericarp.

Having five nerves; -- said of a leaf with five nearly equal nerves or ribs rising from the end of the petiole.

Public games celebrated every five years.

Occurring once in five years, or at the end of every five years; also, lasting five years. A quinquennial event.

Space of five years.