quincunx

(kwin′kuŋks′)

noun

an arrangement of five objects in a square, with one at each corner and one in the middle
Bot. an arrangement of five-petaled flowers in which two petals are inferior, two are exterior, and one is partly interior and partly exterior

Origin: L, lit., five twelfths < quinque, five + uncia, a twelfth: see ounce

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See quincunx in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An arrangement of five objects with one at each corner of a rectangle or square and one at the center.

Origin:

Origin: Latin quīncūnx, quīncūnc-, five twelfths

Origin: : quīnque, five; see penk^we in Indo-European roots

Origin: + ūncia, twelfth part of a unit; see ounce¹

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