Quinate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quinate \Qui"nate\, a. [L. quini five each.] (Bot.)
     Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves
     composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Quinate \Qui"nate\, n. (Chem.)
     A salt of quinic acid. [Written also {kinate}.]
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