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quincuncial (kwlnkun'shal) a. [L. 

 quinque, five ; uncia, twelfth part.] 

 Arranged in quincunx. 



quincunx (kwin'kungks) n. [L. quin- 

 que, five ; uncia, twelfth part.] 

 Arrangement of five petals or 

 leaves, of which two are exterior, 

 two interior, and the fifth partly 

 exterior, partly interior (dot.). 



quinquecostate (kwm'kwekos'tat) a. 

 [L. quinque, five ; cos fa, rib.] Having 

 five ribs on the leaf (oof.). 



qulnquefarious (kwin'kwefa'rius) a. 

 [L. quinque, five.] In five directions 

 or parts (oof.). 



quinquefid (kwm'kwe'fid) a. [L. quin- 

 que, five ; findere, to cleave.] Cut 

 into five parts as far as the middle 

 (oof.) 



quinquefoliated (kwin'kwef 6'llated) a. 

 [L. quinque, five ; folium, leaf.] 

 With five leaves (oof.). 



quinquepartite (kwin'kwgpar'tlt) a. 

 [L. quittque, five ; pars, part.] 

 Divided into five parts. 



quinquetubercular (kwm'kwetuber'- 

 kular) a. [L. quinque, five ; tuber- 

 culum, a small hump.] Appl. molar 

 teeth with five tubercles (anat.). 



R 



race (ras) n. [F. race, race, family.] 

 A permanent variety (oof.) ; a par- 

 ticular breed (zool.\ 



racemation (ras'gma'shun) n. [L. 

 racemus, a bunch.] A cluster, as 

 of grapes (oof.). 



raceme (rasem') n. [L. racemus, a 

 bunch.] An inflorescence having 

 a common axis and stalked flowers 

 in acropetal succession, as the 

 hyacinth (dot.). 



racemed (rase'md) a. [L. racemus, 

 a bunch.] Growing in the form of 

 a raceme (dot.). 



racemiferous (rasemif'e'rus) a. [L. 

 racemus, a bunch ; ferre, to carry.] 

 Bearing racemes (dot.). 



racemiform (rase'mtform) a. [L. 

 racemus, a bunch ; forma, shape.] 

 In the form of a raceme (dot.). 



racemose (ras'emos) a. [L. racemus, 

 a bunch.] Bearing flowers in 



clusters (dot.) ; appl. glands with 



many branches whose shape sug- 



gests a raceme (anat.). 

 racemule (ras'&nul) n. [L. racem- 



ulus, a small bunch.] A small 



raceme (dot.). 

 racemulose (rasem'ulos) a. [L. racem- 



ulus, a small bunch.] In small 



clusters (dot.). 

 rachial (ra'kial) a. [Gk. rhachis, spine.] 



Pert, a rachis. 

 rachidial (rakid'ial) a. [Gk. rhachis, 



spine.] Pert, a r chis. 

 rachlf orm (ra'kifor n ) a. [Gk. rhachis, 



spine ; L. forma, shape.] In the 



form of a rachis. 

 rachilla (rakil'a) n. [Gk. rhachis, 



spine.] A small rachis (dot.). 



rachiodont (rak'iodont') a. [Gk. 

 rhachis, spine ; odous, tooth.] Appl. 

 egg-eating Snakes with much de- 

 veloped hypophyses of the anterior 

 thoracic vertebrae, which function 

 as teeth (zool.). 



rachlostichous (ra'kios'tlkus) a. [Gk. 

 rhachis, spine ; stichos, row.] Hav- 

 ing a succession of somactids as 

 the axis of the fin skeleton, as in 

 Dipnoans (zool.). 



rachis (ra'kis) n. [Gk. rhachis, spine.] 

 The spinal column (anat.) ; the stalk 

 or axis (bot.) ; the shaft of a feather 

 (zool.). 



rachitomous (rakit'omus) a. [Gk. 

 rhachis, spine.] Temnospondylous, 

 which see. 



radial (ra'dial) a. [L. radius, a ray.] 

 Pert, the radius ; pert, the ray of 

 an Echinoderm ; appl. the plates 

 supporting the oral disc of Crinoids 

 (zool.); appl. leaves or floweis 

 growing out like rays from a centre 

 (dot.). As noun, an endoskeletal 

 support of fins in Fishes. 



radial symmetry* arrangement of 

 similar parts round a median ver- 

 tical axis, as in Jellyfish (zool.). 



radiale (ra'dia'le) n. [L. radius, a 

 ray.] A carpal bone in Mammals 

 (zool.). 



radiate (ra'diat) a. [L. radius, a 

 ray.] Radially symmetrical. 



radiate-veined, veined in a palmate 

 manner (dot.). 



radiatiform (ra'diat'iform) a. [L. 

 radius, ray ; forma, shape.] With 

 radiating marginal florets (bot.). 



