pentastichous
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek
Adjective
pentastichous (not comparable)
- (botany) Having, or arranged in, five vertical ranks.
- The leaves of apple and cherry trees are pentastichous.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pentastichous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)