quinate
Pronunciation
  • (RP) enPR: kwīʹnət, IPA: /ˈkwaɪnət/
  • (British) enPR: kwīʹnāt, IPA: /ˈkwʌɪneɪt/
  • (America) enPR: kwīʹnāt', IPA: /ˈkwaɪˌneɪt/
Adjective

quinate (not comparable)

  1. (botany, of a compound leaf) Featuring five leaflet growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.
    • 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 6, page 183
      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.
Pronunciation
  • (RP) enPR kwĭʹnət, IPA: /ˈkwɪnət/, /ˈkwaɪnət/
  • (British) enPR kwĭʹnāt, IPA: /ˈkwɪneɪt/, /ˈkɪneɪt/
  • (America) enPR kwĭʹnāt', IPA: /ˈkwɪˌneɪt/, /ˈkɪˌneɪt/
Noun

quinate (plural quinates)

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



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