quincuncial

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Something having the form of a quill The fold or plain of a ruff
A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona
To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn
Arranged in a quincunx
To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill aruffle
A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle
Having the form of a quincunx
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 æstivation
The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is
A hollow spindle
The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native of Chili