quincunx planting

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• Quincunx — For Sir Francis Galton s machine for demonstrating the normal distribution named quincunx , see bean machine. A quincunx (IPA [ kwɪnkʌŋks] ) is the arrangement of five units in the pattern corresponding to the five spot on dice, playing cards, or …   Wikipedia

• quincunx — n. 1 five objects set so that four are at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth is at its centre, e.g. the five on dice or cards. 2 this arrangement, esp. in planting trees. Derivatives: quincuncial adj. quincuncially adv. Etymology …   Useful english dictionary

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• Bosquet — For the surname Bosquet, see Bosquet (surname) .In the French formal garden, a bosquet (French, from Italian bosco , grove, wood ) is a formal plantation of trees, at least five of identical species planted as a quincunx, or set in strict… …   Wikipedia

• Pleaching — is the art of training trees into a raised hedge or to form a quincunx. Commonly, deciduous trees are planted in lines, then shaped to form a flat plane above the ground level. Branches are woven together, their bark wounded at the joins and… …   Wikipedia

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