Quinquevalve

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

  Quinquevalve \Quin"que*valve\, Quinquevalvular
  \Quin`que*val"vu*lar\, a. [Quinque- + valve, valvular: cf. F.
     quinqu['e]valve.] (Bot.)
     Having five valves, as a pericarp.
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