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quinate

Pronunciation: /ˈkwaɪnət/

The English word “quinate” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.

noun

  1. An ester or a salt of quinic acid.

Etymology

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.

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