quincunxial
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quincunxial — adjective see quincunx … New Collegiate Dictionary
quincunxial — quin·cunx·ial … English syllables
quincunxial — adjective see quincuncial … Useful english dictionary
quincunx — noun Etymology: Latin quincunc , quincunx, literally, five twelfths, from quinque five + uncia twelfth part more at five, ounce Date: 1545 an arrangement of five things in a square or rectangle with one at each corner and one in the middle •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
quincunxially — adverb In a quincunxial fashion … Wiktionary
quincunx — [kwin′kuŋks΄] n. [L, lit., five twelfths < quinque,FIVE + uncia, a twelfth: see OUNCE1] 1. an arrangement of five objects in a square, with one at each corner and one in the middle 2. Bot. an arrangement of five petaled flowers in which two… … English World dictionary
