Tuesday, August 9, 2011

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quin·cunx

[kwing-kuhngks, kwin-] Show IPA
noun
1.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square orrectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
2.
Botany . an overlapping arrangement of five petals orleaves, in which two are interior, two are exterior, and oneis partly interior and partly exterior.

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