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Meaning of QUINTINE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Quin"tine\, n. [L. quintus the fifth: cf. F.
quintine.] (Bot.)
The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an
innermost fifth integument. Cf. {Quartine}, and {Tercine}.
 
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