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quinate
CIDE DICTIONARY
quinate, a. [L. quini five each.].
Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole. [1913 Webster]
quinate, n.
A salt of quinic acid. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
quinate, adj. Bot. (of a leaf) having five leaflets.
Etymology
L quini (as QUINARY)
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