quaternate

American  

[kwot-er-nayt, kwuh-tur-nit] / ˈkwɒt ərˌneɪt, kwəˈtɜr nɪt /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of quaternate

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

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Example Sentences

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quaternate

This number in one summer amounted to 46 quaternate and 16 quinate leaves, and it was evident that I had secured an instance of the rare "five-leaved" race which I am about to describe.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries

Nearly all the individuals produced at least some quaternate leaves, and thereby showed the variety to be quite pure.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries

They perform the same functions and bear spicules, sometimes in pairs, sometimes quaternate, each spicule being surmounted by a spore.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor

In the flowering period I selected four plants with the largest number of quaternate and quinate leaves and destroyed all the others.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries

I had the good fortune to find two plants of clover, bearing one quinate and several quaternate leaves, on an excursion in the neighborhood of Loosdrecht in Holland.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries

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