[kwing-kuhngks, kwin-] 
| 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 overlapping arrangement of five petals or leaves, in which two are interior, two are exterior, and one is partly interior and partly exterior. |
| quin·cunx (kwĭn'kŭngks') n. An arrangement of five objects with one at each corner of a rectangle or square and one at the center. [Latin quīncūnx, quīncūnc-, five twelfths : quīnque, five; see penkwe in Indo-European roots + ūncia, twelfth part of a unit; see ounce1.] |
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