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View synonyms for quaternate
quaternate
[ kwot-er-neyt, kwuh-tur-nit ]
adjective
- arranged in or consisting of four parts, as the leaves of certain plants.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quaternate1
1745–55; < Latin quatern ( ī ) four at a time + -ate 1
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Example Sentences
The basidia, spicules, and quaternate spores agree with those of Agaricini.
From Project Gutenberg
It is not intended that the spores are always quaternate in Agaricini, though that number is constant in the more typical species.
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