quinate UK /ˈkwaɪnət/US /ˈkwaɪˌneɪt/adjective 1/ˈkwɪˌneɪt/ noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Featuring five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.They are termed Binate, Ternate, or Quinate, growing two, three, or five together, according to the number of Folioles, of which the digitate Leaf consists. — 1760 quinate UK /ˈkwɪnət/US /ˈkwɪˌneɪt/ noun1 •An ester or a salt of quinic acid.Kinates. Hitherto only one species of this genus of salts has been examined, the kinate of lime, which exists in a species of Peruvian bark. — 1810 formsquinates