pentangular
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of pentangular
1655–65; pent- ( def. ) + angular
Example Sentences
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The latter, who evolved the triangular and pentangular bastion, is more widely known in the science of fortification than as a builder.
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Fruit large, oblate or globular-oblate, pentangular; Surface very smooth, yellow, well covered with mixed bright red, stripes not distinct; Dots scattered, yellow.
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One long seed enclosed within the calyx, pentangular, covered with a membranaceous skin.
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They were brown and pentangular, with a short stem, and slightly punctured at the intersections.
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They were brown, and pentangular, with a short stem, and slightly punctured at the intersections.
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