Word Meaning

quincunx definition and meaning

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.
n. The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150¡.
n. A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in aestivation. See Quincuncial, 2.