- 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
aestivation. See Quincuncial, 2.
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