pentas
See also: Pentas
English edit
Etymology edit
From the genus name Pentas.
Noun edit
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.
Anagrams edit
Malay edit
Noun edit
pentas (Jawi spelling ڤنتس, plural pentas-pentas, informal 1st possessive pentasku, 2nd possessive pentasmu, 3rd possessive pentasnya)
Further reading edit
- “pentas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.