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Quintine

Quintine \Quin"tine\, n. [L. quintus the fifth: cf. F. quintine.] (Bot.) The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine.

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quintine

n. (context botany English) The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an innermost fifth integument.

Usage examples of "quintine".

The other Hyacinthines, Quintine and Quatrine and Sistine, gave him some charity for a while, but he just spent it again to buy false memories.