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单词 penstemon
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penstemon

/ˈpɛnstəmən / /pɛnˈstiːmən /
(also pentstemon)
noun
A North American plant with stems of showy flowers resembling snapdragons.
  • Genus Penstemon, family Scrophulariaceae.
From mid-June through July, you should see profuse wildflowers, from the dainty, lavender pasque flowers to penstemons in shades of blue and purple....
  • Take heel cuttings from ceanothus, penstemons, lavenders, santolinas and philadelphus.
  • All very well is the advice to cut back decaying and gone-over plants, but my penstemons, rudbeckia, etc are still nice and green.

Origin

Modern Latin, formed irregularly from penta- 'five' + Greek stēmōn 'warp', used to mean 'stamen'.

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