Category:Quincunx

Quin"cunx, n. Etym: [l., fr. quingue 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.

2. (astrol.)

Defn: the position of planets when distant from each other five Signs, or 150º. Hutton.

3. (bot.)

Defn: a quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in Æstivation. See quincuncial, 2.