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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pentstemon/pɛntˈstiːmən/

▶noun variant spelling of penstemon.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
penstemon /pɛnˈstiːmən, -ˈstɛmən, ˈpɛnstɪmən/ (also pentstemon)

▶noun a North American plant with stems of showy snapdragon-like flowers. [Genus Penstemon.]

– origin mod. L., formed irregularly from penta- + Gk stēmōn ‘warp’, used to mean ‘stamen’.

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