pentas

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noun

Any of the flowering plants of the genus Pentas, especially the Egyptian starcluster, Pentas lanceolata.

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Meanings

pentas1

nounpentas (plural pentas)
  1. Any of the flowering plants of the genus Pentas, especially the Egyptian starcluster, Pentas lanceolata.

    The next step may be the most crucial to happiness with your pentas. If your soil is acidic and you grow azaleas, camellias, or blueberries with ease, then add lime to your pentas' planting area.

    2003, Norman Winter, Tough-as-nails flowers for the South, Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 38

Pentas2

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Penta

Origin

From the genus name Pentas.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

pentas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentas

MLA

“pentas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentas. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pentas,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentas.

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