pentaspermous

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adjective

Containing or bearing five seeds.

OriginEnglish penta- ← Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-) ← Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe →
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Meanings

adjectivepentaspermous (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparablebiologyContaining or bearing five seeds.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pénkʷe
  3. Ancient Greekπέντε (pénte)
  4. Ancient Greekπεντᾰ- (pentă-)
  5. Englishpenta-
  6. Englishpentaspermous

From penta- + -spermous.

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Translations

French pentasperme
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APA

pentaspermous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentaspermous

MLA

“pentaspermous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentaspermous. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pentaspermous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentaspermous.

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