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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 quin·cunx /ˈkwɪnˌkʌŋ(k)s/
 五點形,梅花形,五點形排法

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Quin·cunx n.
 1. 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.
 2. Astrol. The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150°.
 3. Bot. A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in æstivation. See Quincuncial, 2.
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