Definition of "quinate" []

• Arranged in groups of five: quinate leaflets. (adjective)

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• "In some scales a single word only is found in the second quinate to indicate that 5 was originally the base on which the system rested."
• "It is recognized by its very short quinate leaves and by its nearly sessile cones."
• "The European Venus 'looking-glass was observed in my garden to produce some quaternate and some quinate flowers on the same specimens."