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‖ pentagynia Bot.|pɛntəˈdʒɪnɪə|
[mod.L., f. penta- + Gr. γυνή woman, female, taken in sense ‘female organ, pistil’.]
An order of plants in many classes of the Linnæan System, comprising those having five pistils. Hence ˈpentagyn (rare), a plant of this order; pentaˈgynian, pentaˈgynious, penˈtagynous adjs., belonging to this order, having five pistils.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. viii. (1765) 92 Pentagynia, comprehending such Plants as have five Styles. 1828–32Webster, Pentagyn,..a plant having five pistils. Pentagynian, having five pistils. 1829Loudon, Pentagynous, having five styles. 1857Mayne Expos. Lex. 902 Pentagynious. |