quinate
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of quinate
1800–10; < Latin quīn ( ī ) five each + -ate 1
Example Sentences
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The smaller numbers however, are more constant, and deviations from the quinate structure of flowers are rare.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
One of the most curious instances is the terminal flower of the raceme of the common laburnum, which loses its whole papilionaceous character and becomes as regularly quinate as a common buttercup.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
The common laburnum has a variety which often produces quaternate and quinate leaves, and in strawberries I have also seen instances of this abnormality.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
The quinate were placed at the end of the branches, those with four petals and sepals lower down.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
It is recognized by its very short quinate leaves and by its nearly sessile cones.
From The Genus Pinus by George Russell Shaw
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