quincunx

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

A Roman brass coin of five unciæ.

A reliquary in the shape of a cross, the four parts of which can be folded over the central one.

An arrangement of five objects in a square, one at each corner and one in the middle (thus, ); especially, an arrangement, as of trees, in such squares continuously.

In botany, same as quincuncial estivation (which see, under quincuncial).

In astrology, the position of planets when distant from each other five signs or 150°.

An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions.

The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150°.

A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in æstivation. See Quincuncial, 2.

An arrangement of five units in a pattern corresponding to the five-spot on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.