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quincunx

/kwing-kuhngks, kwin-/US // ˈkwɪŋ kʌŋks, ˈkwɪn- //UK // (ˈkwɪnkʌŋks) //

五角星,五角形,五角星座,五角星形

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
    • : 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.

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Examples

  • Toward the tower Criere stood the orchard full of all fruit-trees, set and ranged in a quincunx.

  • I divide the city into different portions, and each day I visit another quincunx.

  • The four faces of this square axis are pierced with three round, equal, truly-bored holes, arranged in a quincunx.

  • The zone is covered with fine puncta in quincunx, not visible under ordinary illumination.

  • Three of them enclose the orchard, which is planted quincunx-wise, with yew hedge and grass-walk all round it.