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• quincunx — /kwing kungks, kwin /, n. 1. an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. 2. Bot. an overlapping arrangement of five petals or leaves, in which two are interior, two are exterior,… …   Universalium

• quincunx — /ˈkwɪnkʌŋks/ (say kwinkungks) noun 1. an arrangement of five objects (as trees) in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. 2. Botany an imbricated arrangement of five petals or leaves, in which two are interior, two are… …  

• quincunx — quin•cunx [[t]ˈkwɪŋ kʌŋks, ˈkwɪn [/t]] n. an arrangement of five objects in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle • Etymology: 1640–50; < L: five twelfths =quinc , var. of quīnque quinque + unx, s. unc comb. form of… …   From formal English to slang

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• quin|cunx — «KWIHN kuhngks», noun, plural (for defs. 1 and 2) cunx|es. 1. an arrangement of five things in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. 2. an overlapping arrangement of five petals or leaves, in which two are interior, two …   Useful english dictionary

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• quincunx — noun Etymology: Latin quincunc , quincunx, literally, five twelfths, from quinque five + uncia twelfth part more at five, ounce Date: 1545 an arrangement of five things in a square or rectangle with one at each corner and one in the middle •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• quincunx — [ kwɪnkʌŋks] noun (plural quincunxes) 1》 an arrangement of five objects with four at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth at its centre. 2》 Astrology an aspect of 150°, equivalent to five zodiacal signs. Derivatives quincuncial kwɪn …   English new terms dictionary

• quincunx — [kwin′kuŋks΄] n. [L, lit., five twelfths < quinque,FIVE + uncia, a twelfth: see OUNCE1] 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… …   English World dictionary