The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quinate
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.
Quinate
Quinate \Qui"nate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of quinic acid. [Written also kinate.]
Wiktionary
quinate
Etymology 1 a. (context botany of a compound leaf English) Featuring five (l en leaflet leaflets) growing from a single point; (l en quinquefoliolate). Etymology 2
alt. (context chemistry English) An (l en ester) or a (l en salt) of (l en quinic acid). n. (context chemistry English) An (l en ester) or a (l en salt) of (l en quinic acid).