pentas
See also: Pentas
English
Etymology
From the genus name Pentas.
Noun
pentas (plural pentas)
- Any of the flowering plants of the genus Pentas, especially the Egyptian starcluster, Pentas lanceolata.
- 2003, Norman Winter, Tough-as-nails flowers for the South, Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 38:
- 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.
Malay
Noun
pentas (Jawi spelling ڤنتس, plural pentas-pentas, informal 1st possessive pentasku, 2nd possessive pentasmu, 3rd possessive pentasnya)
Further reading
- “pentas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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