ADJECTIVE
-
consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four
a quaternary compound
quaternate leaves
How To Use quaternate In A Sentence
- I had the good fortune to find two plants of clover, bearing one quinate and several quaternate leaves, on an excursion in the neighborhood of Loosdrecht in Holland. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
- The common laburnum has a variety which often produces quaternate and quinate leaves, and in strawberries I have also seen instances of this abnormality. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
- The European Venus 'looking-glass was observed in my garden to produce some quaternate and some quinate flowers on the same specimens. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
- In the flowering period I selected four plants with the largest number of quaternate and quinate leaves and destroyed all the others. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
- More than 1,000 were quaternate or quinate, the ternate leaves being still in the majority. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
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