pentstemon

American  

[pent-stee-muhn, pent-stuh-] / pɛntˈsti mən, ˈpɛnt stə- /

noun

1. penstemon.

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pentstemon British  

/ pɛntˈstiːmən /

noun

1. any scrophulariaceous plant of the North American genus Penstemon (or Pentstemon ), having white, pink, red, blue, or purple flowers with five stamens, one of which is bearded and sterile

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Etymology

Origin of pentstemon

1750–60; < New Latin, equivalent to pent- pent- ( def. ) + Greek stḗmōn warp, thread

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pentstemon

Scrambling up the slimy bank, through a maze of thorn trees, brambles, and sycamore scrubs, we gained the fertile bottom above, all luscious with tall grasses bespangled with wild red roses and the showy pentstemon.

From Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo by Thwaites, Reuben Gold

Conspicuous and characteristic flowers of the lower altitudes are the mariposa lily, iris, wallflower, gaillardia, and numerous species of cinquefoil, pentstemon, and evening primrose.

From Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park by United States. Dept. of the Interior

The alpine spiræa grows here also and blossoms profusely with potentilla, erigeron, eriogonum, pentstemon, solidago, and an interesting species of onion, and four or five species of grasses and sedges.

From The Yosemite by Muir, John

Beds of azure daisies smile confidingly in moist hollows, and along the banks of small rills, with several species of eriogonum, silky-leaved ivesia, pentstemon, orthocarpus, and patches of Primula suffruticosa, a beautiful shrubby species.

From My First Summer in the Sierra by Muir, John

An abundance of wild flowers, varying in color with the growing season, include principally the Mariposa lily, Indian paint brush, pentstemon, lupine, wild sweet pea, and a great variety of the compositae family.

From Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by United States. Dept. of the Interior