See Also: pentangle(dictionary)

geranium (oh) and pentangle (iou)


geranium (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: Greek geranion, from geranos 'crane'; because the plant's seed-case looks like a crane's long beak]
a plant with red, pink, or white flowers and round leaves

pentangle (iou)



pentangle noun. LME.
[In sense 1 perh. from medieval Latin alt. of pentaculum PENTACLE, after Latin angulus ANGLE noun3; in sense 2 from PENTA- + ANGLE noun3.]
= PENTAGRAM. LME.
= PENTAGON. rare. M17.