Quinate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkwaɪnət/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Quinate is an adjective meaning (botany, of a compound leaf) Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.
Meaning
(botany, of a compound leaf) Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.
More Meanings
- (chemistry) An ester or a salt of quinic acid.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Word Forms
- quinates
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quintate, quinquefoliate, quinquefoliolate, quinquefoliated, quinquejugate, quadrifoliolate.
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