[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quincunx \quin"cunx\, n. l., fr. quinque five + uncia an ounce.
   the quincunx was marked by five small spots or balls. see
   five, and ounce the weight.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. astrol. the position of planets when distant from each
      other five signs, or 150deg. --hutton.
      1913 webster

   3. bot. a quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a
      flower in aestivation. see quincuncial, 2.
      1913 webster
see also:
five ounce quincuncial 

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