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quinate

UK/ˈkwaɪnət/US/ˈkwaɪˌneɪt/

quinate adjective: featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.

Adjective

quinate (not comparable)

  1. Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.
    • 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.1760, James Lee, An Introduction to Botany, Containing an Explanation of the Theory of That Science, and an Interpretation of Its Technical Terms, Extracted from the Works of Linnæus, book 3, chapter...

Noun

UK/ˈkwɪnət/US/ˈkwɪˌneɪt/

quinate (plural quinates)

  1. An ester or a salt of quinic acid.
    • 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.1810, Thomas Thomson, A System of Chemistry, 4th edition, volume 3, page 106

quinate meaning in Tamil and Kannada

quinate in Tamil

இலைவகையில் ஐந்து கிளையிலைகளையுடைய

quinate in Kannada

ಪಂಚಪತ್ರದ, ಐದು ಪತ್ರದಳಗಳಿರುವ

Forms of quinate

pluralquinates
alternative formkinate

Origin of quinate

First attested in 1760. From the post-Classical Latin quīnātus, from the distributive numeral quīnī (“five each”, “five at a time”); compare binate, ternate, and quaternate, as well as the French quiné.

First attested in 1810. Either from quin(a) + -ate (“salt or ester”) or quinic acid + -ate, in either case perhaps after the French quinquinate; compare the French kinate, quinate.

Words formed from quinate

Questions about quinate

What does quinate mean?
Quinate means featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.
What is quinate in Tamil?
Quinate in Tamil is இலைவகையில் ஐந்து கிளையிலைகளையுடைய. See Quinate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is quinate?
Quinate can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce quinate?
Quinate is pronounced /ˈkwaɪnət/ (UK).

Words near quinate in the dictionary

  1. quinarily
  2. quinarius
  3. quinary
  4. quinary sector
  5. quinary sectors
  6. quinate
  7. quinates
  8. quinatoxine
  9. Quinault
  10. quinazamid
  11. quinazol

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