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quincunx

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkwɪnkʌŋks/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kwing′kungks, kwin′-)

Inflections of 'quincunx' (n): npl: quincunxes (All senses)

quin•cunx (kwing′kungks, kwin′-),USA pronunciation n.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Botanyan overlapping arrangement of five petals or leaves, in which two are interior, two are exterior, and one is partly interior and partly exterior.

Latin: five twelfths (quinc-, variant of quīnque- quinque- + uncia twelfth; see ounce¹); origin, originally a Roman coin worth five twelfths of an as and marked with a quincunx of spots
1640–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

quincunx /ˈkwɪnkʌŋks/ n

a group of five objects arranged in the shape of a rectangle with one at each of the four corners and the fifth in the centre

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin: five twelfths, from quinque five + uncia twelfth; in ancient Rome, this was a coin worth five twelfths of an as² and marked with five spots

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quincuncial

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