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quinate.

Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkwaɪnət/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkwʌɪneɪt/UK/ˈkwaɪˌneɪt/US
  1. Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.

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Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈkwɪnət/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkwaɪnət/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkwɪneɪt/UK/ˈkɪneɪt/UK
  1. An ester or a salt of quinic acid.

Where this word comes from

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.

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