quaternate

[ kwot-er-neyt, kwuh-tur-nit ]

adjective

1. arranged in or consisting of four parts, as the leaves of certain plants.

Word History and Origins

Origin of quaternate¹

1745–55; < Latin quatern ( ī ) four at a time + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The basidia, spicules, and quaternate spores agree with those of Agaricini.

From Project Gutenberg

It is not intended that the spores are always quaternate in Agaricini, though that number is constant in the more typical species.

From Project Gutenberg