quinnat (kwinat)

[The native name.] The king-salmon, Oncorhynchus quinnat. Also called chavicha and equinna. See Oncorhynchus and salmon. quinoa (kēnō-ä), n. [Also quinua; Peruv.] An annual herb, Che no podium Quinoa, native in Peru, Chili, etc., and there much cultivated for dentate. quin que digitate (kwin-kwe-dij'i-tāt), a. [L. quinque, = E. five, + digit us, finger: see dig i tate.] Having five fingers or toes; pentadac tyl. quinquefarious (kwin-kwe-fa'ri-us), a. [L. quinque, E. five, + -farius, as in bifarious, etc.] 1. In bot., disposed in five vertical ranks. Gray. -2. In zoöl., disposed or arranged in five sets, rows, or series; quin que serial; pentastichous. quinquefid (kwin'kwe-fid), a. [L. quinque, = E. five, + findere ( ✓ fid ), cleave, split.] In bot., cleft into five segments. See cleft2, 2. quinquefoliate (kwin-kwe-fo'li-at), a. [ quin que syllabic quin que foliolate (kwin-kwē-foʻli-ō-lāt), a. [ quin que grade (kwinʻkwē-grād), a. [ [ quin que locular (kwin-kwē-lok'ū-lär), a. [L. quinque, = E. five, + loculus, a cell: see locular. ] In zoöl. and bot., having five loculi, cavities, or cells. quin que nerved (kwin'kwē-nėrvd), a. [ quinquennalia (kwin-kwe-nāʻli-ä), n. pl. [L., neut. pl. of quinquennalis, that takes place every fifth year: see quinquennial.] In Rom. antiq., public games celebrated every fifth year. See quinquennial, n., 2. quinquenniad (kwin-kwen'i-ad), n. [L. quin quennium, a period of five years (see quinquen nium ), + -ad1.] A period of five years. So sleeping, so aroused from sleep Thro' sunny decads new and strange, Or gay quinquenniads , would we reap The flower and quinte ence of change. Tennyson, The Day-Dream, L'Envoi. quinquennial (kwin-kwen'i-al), a. and n. [For * quinquennal, West, tr. of Pindar's Nemean Odes, xi. 3. Lasting five years. II. n . 1. A period of five years; a quinquenniad; hence, something characterized by such a period or interval, as an anniversary, or a college catalogue.-2. A festival or celebration occurring once in four years; an anniversary in the fifth year. In this sense both the first and last years of the cycle of occurrence were reckoned, as was the invariable system in antiquity. Thus, the Olympian, Pythian, and Isthmian games, all celebrated quinquennially (kwin-kwen'i-al-i), adv. Once in five years; during a period of five years. quinquennium (kwin-kwen'i-um), n. [L., once four years, were all quinquennials. Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 254. quinquepartite (kwin-kwe-pärʼtit), a. [ quin que radiate (kwin-kwe-ra'di-at), a. [