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qui⋅nate

[kwahy-neyt]
–adjective Botany.
arranged in groups of five.

Origin:
1800–10; < L quīn(ī) five each + -ate 1
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qui·nate   (kwī'nāt')   
adj.  Arranged in groups of five: quinate leaflets.

[Latin quīnī, five each; see penkwe in Indo-European roots + -ate1.]
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