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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[From L.

quinque

five: cf. F.

quinquéfarié

. Cf.

(Bot.)

Arranged in five vertical rows; pentastichous.

Gray.

Adj.

[L. quinque, five. Eng. to fare, or from the root of vary.] In botany, opening into five parts.

quinquefarious ‎(not comparable)