According to Statista, the global coffee industry is worth US$363 billion in 2020. The market grows annually by 10.6%, and 78% of revenue came from out-of-home establishments like cafes and coffee beverage retailers.
QUINCUNCIALLY
Etymology
Adverb
quincuncially (not comparable)
In a quincuncial fashion.
Source: Wiktionary
Quin*cun"cial*ly, adv.
Definition: In the manner or order of a quincunx.
QUINCUNCIAL
Quin*cun"cial, Etym: [L. quincuncialis, from quincunx. See Quincunx.]
1. Having the form of a quincunx.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: 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. Quincuncial phyllotaxy (Bot.), an arrangement of five leaves in a spiral, each leaf two fifths of a circle from the next.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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