quincunx noun. ['kwɪnkʌŋks] M17.
[Latin = five-twelfths, from quinque five + uncia twelfth. Cf. OUNCE noun¹.]
1. Astrology. The aspect of two planets which are five signs (150 degrees) apart in the sky. M17.

2. An arrangement of five objects in a square or rectangle in which four occupy the corners, and one the centre, esp. used in planting trees; a set of five objects (esp. trees) so arranged. M17.

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