quincunxial

Variant of quincunx

quincunx definition

quin·cunx (kwin′kuŋks′)

noun

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

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

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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