quaternate
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For brevity's sake all these cleft and ternate, double cleft and quaternate cotyledons and even the higher grades are combined under one common name and indicated as tricotyls.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
They perform the same functions and bear spicules, sometimes in pairs, sometimes quaternate, each spicule being surmounted by a spore.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
Isolated quaternate leaves are of but little interest, while the occurrence of many on the same individual indicates a distinct variety.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
With buttercups and brambles and many others there is only an increase above the typical five; quaternate flowers are wanting or at least are very rare.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
I have often seen isolated plants with quaternate leaves, but only rarely have I observed individuals with more than one such leaf.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
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