Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, having five leaves.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Having five leaves or leaflets.
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- adjective botany Having
five leaves orleaflets .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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Examples
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A pentaphyllous or five - leaved calyx, or rather perianth: as in Cijltts,
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