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(1):

(n.) The position of planets when distant from each other five signs, or 150¡.

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

(n.) A quincuncial arrangement, as of the parts of a flower in aestivation. See Quincuncial, 2.