Quincunx

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

  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.
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     2. (Astrol.) The position of planets when distant from each
        other five signs, or 150[deg]. --Hutton.
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     3. (Bot.) A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a
        flower in [ae]stivation. See {Quincuncial}, 2.
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