Pelviform, basin-shaped.
Pendent, hanging. Pendulous, somewhat hanging or drooping.
Penicillate, Penicilliform, tipped with a tuft of fine hairs, like a painter's pencil; as the stigmas of some Grasses.
Pennate, same as pinnate. Penninerved and Penniveined, pinnately veined, [51].
Penta- (in words of Greek composition), five; as Pentadelphous, [99]; Pentagynous, with five pistils or styles; Pentamerous, with its parts in fives, or on the plan of five; Pentandrous, having five stamens, [112]; Pentastichous, in five ranks, &c.
Pepo, a fruit like the Melon and Cucumber, [119].
Perennial, lasting from year to year, [38].
Perfect (flower), having both stamens and pistils, [81].
Perfoliate, passing through the leaf, in appearance, [60].
Perforate, pierced with holes, or with transparent dots resembling holes, as an Orange-leaf.