Penthorum

noun

Pen·​tho·​rum

ˈpen(t)thərəm

: a genus of herbs (family Crassulaceae) with thin leaves and greenish pentamerous flowers see ditch stonecrop

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from penta- (from Greek) + -horum (from Greek horos boundary, limit)

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Rhymes for Penthorum

• decorum
• picloram
• pullorum
• aurum
• foram
• forum
• quorum
• digitorum
• neonatorum