quincunx
quincunx: a form of plantation: name derived fr. the quint (Lat. quincunx) on the dice
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but extended indefinitely, so that the trees of each row are opp. the intervals of the next row (Ray, Pope, etc.): quincunx, uncis, m.: cf. directi in quincuncem ordines, Cic. Sen. 17: cf. quid illo quincunce speciosius, qui in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est, Quint. 8, 3, 9. Transf.: of a military formation: obliquis ordinibus in quincuncem dispositis, Caes. B. G. 7, 73.
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but extended indefinitely, so that the trees of each row are opp. the intervals of the next row (Ray, Pope, etc.): quincunx, uncis, m.: cf. directi in quincuncem ordines, Cic. Sen. 17: cf. quid illo quincunce speciosius, qui in quamcumque partem spectaveris, rectus est, Quint. 8, 3, 9. Transf.: of a military formation: obliquis ordinibus in quincuncem dispositis, Caes. B. G. 7, 73.