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Definition of Quinate
1. a. Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole.
2. n. A salt of quinic acid.
Definition of Quinate
1. Adjective. (botany of a compound leaf) Featuring five (leaflet leaflets) growing from a single point; (quinquefoliolate). ¹
2. Noun. (chemistry) An (ester) or a (salt) of (quinic acid). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quinate
1. arranged in groups of five [adj]
Medical Definition of Quinate
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Quinate
Literary usage of Quinate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemist ; Or, Reporter of Chemical Discoveries and Improvements by Charles Watt (1840)
"If, however, the old ointment answer equally well for this purpose, it would be
better to employ it. 65 quinate of Lime, held in solution. ..."
2. The Botany of the Eastern Borders, with the Popular Names and Uses of the by George Johnston, George Tate (1853)
"These are not quinate in any specimen I have seen. It seems to have some affinity
to the R. vulgaris ft. umbrosus of Weihe and Nees von Esenbeck ; and, ..."
3. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1888)
"... and ammonium salts in crystals; their solutions only gave syrupy residues on
evaporation over sulphuric acid. Calcium quinate ..."
4. Botany of the Northern and Middle States; Or A Description of the Plants by Lewis Caleb Beck (1833)
"quinate, five together. Raceme, 62. Racemose, flowering in racemes. Radiant or
radiate, often applied to a cluster or head of flowers when those of the ..."
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