quinate
Example Sentences
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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.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
The quinate were placed at the end of the branches, those with four petals and sepals lower down.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
The European Venus' looking-glass was observed in my garden to produce some quaternate and some quinate flowers on the same specimens.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
More than 1,000 were quaternate or quinate, the ternate leaves being still in the majority.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
The smaller numbers however, are more constant, and deviations from the quinate structure of flowers are rare.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
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