QUINCUNX

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150º. Hutton.

3.
n.

A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in æstivation. See Quincuncial, 2.