quinate
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/ˈkwaɪnət/
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/ˈkwaɪnət/ · /ˈkwʌɪneɪt/ (UK) · /ˈkwaɪˌneɪt/ (US) · /ˈkwɪnət/ · /ˈkwɪneɪt/ (UK) · /ˈkɪneɪt/ (UK) · /ˈkwɪˌneɪt/ (US) · /ˈkɪˌneɪt/ (US)
Definition of quinate
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.
“They are termed Binate, Ternate, or Quinate, growing two, three, or five together, according to the number of Folioles, of which the digitate Leaf consists.”
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adj
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(not-comparable)Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.
“They are termed Binate, Ternate, or Quinate, growing two, three, or five together, according to the number of Folioles, of which the digitate Leaf consists.”
noun
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An ester or a salt of quinic acid.
“Kinates. Hitherto only one species of this genus of salts has been examined, the kinate of lime, which exists in a species of Peruvian bark.”
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Etymology
First attested in 1760. From the post-Classical Latin quīnātus, from the distributive numeral quīnī (“five each”, “five at a time”); compare binate, ternate, and quaternate, as well as the French quiné.
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