Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for QUIN-QUE-FA'RI-OUS
QUIN-QUE-FA'RI-OUS, a. [L. quinque, five, and probably Sax. faran, to go, Eng. to fare, or from the root of vary.]
In botany, opening into five parts. – Lee.
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