Defn: In the manner or order of a quincunx.
QUINCUNX Quin"cunx, n. Etym: [L., fr. quingue five + uncia an ounce. The quincunx was marked by five small spots or balls. See Five, and Ounce the weight.]
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.)
Defn: The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150º. Hutton.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in æstivation. See Quincuncial, 2.
QUINDECAGON
Quin*dec"a*gon, n. Etym: [L. quindecim fifteen + Gr. (Geom.)
Defn: A plane figure with fifteen angles, and consequently fifteen sides.
QUINDECEMVIR
Quin`de*cem"vir, n.; pl. E. Quindecemvirs, L. Quindecemviri. Etym:
[L., from quindecim fifteen + vir a man.] (Rom. Antiq.)