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English
Etymology 1
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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Adjective
quinate (not comparable)
- (botany, of a compound leaf) Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.
1760, James Lee, An Introduction to Botany, Containing an Explanation of the Theory of That Science, and an Interpretation of Its Technical Terms, Extracted from the Works of Linnæus, book 3, chapter 6, page 183:They are termed Binate, Ternate, or Quinate, growing two, three, or five together, according to the number of Folioles, of which the digitate Leaf consists.
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Etymology 2
First attested in 1810. Either quin(a) + -ate or quin(ic) + -ate, in either case perhaps after the French quinquinate; compare the French kinate, quinate.
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Noun
quinate (plural quinates)
- (chemistry) An ester or a salt of quinic acid.
1810, Thomas Thomson, A System of Chemistry, 4th edition, volume 3, page 106:Kinates. Hitherto only one species of this genus of salts has been examined, the kinate of lime, which exists in a species of Peruvian bark.
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Italian
Adjective
quinate
- feminine plural of quinato
Latin
Adjective
quīnāte
- vocative masculine singular of quīnātus