Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.

Origin

First attested in 1760. From the post-Classical Latin quīnātus, from the distributive nume

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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