quaternate, a.
(kwəˈtɜːnət)
[f. as prec. + -ate2: cf. F. quaterné.]
Arranged in, or forming, a set or sets of four; composed of four parts.
| 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Leaf. 1867 J. Hogg Microsc. ii. i. 295 The Sarcina ventriculi, with its remarkable-looking quaternate spores. 1875 Bennett & Dyer tr. Sachs' Bot. 391 With a long stalk and a quaternate lamina. 1908 Scott's Autumn List, Lady Beauclerc and Socialism is the title of the last book of the Rev. H. T. Perfect's quaternate work on Lady Beauclerc's life. |
| Comb. 1829 Loudon Encycl. Plants Gloss. 1103/2 Quaternate-pinnate, pinnate, the pinnæ being arranged in fours. |