Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, in the Linnean artificial system of classification, a class of plants characterized by having flowers with five stamens.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants having five separate stamens.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word pentandria.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.