Definition of Plena

1. Noun. (music uncountable) A style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and often satirical lyrics ¹

2. Noun. (music countable) A song in this style ¹

3. Noun. (plural of plenum) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plena

1. plenum [n] - See also: plenum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plena

pleiopus
pleiosaurus
pleiotaxies
pleiotaxy
pleiotrophic
pleiotropic
pleiotropic gene
pleiotropies
pleiotropism
pleiotropy
pleisiomorph
pleisiomorphic
pleisiomorphs
pleistocene
pleitropic
plena (current term)
plenal
plenaries
plenarily
plenariness
plenarty
plenary
plenary court
plenary session
plenary speaker
plenary talk
plench
plenches
plenicorn
plenilunar

Literary usage of Plena

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"... from China in 1794; as attaining the height of 2 ft., and flowering from April to June ; and as having red flowers. * PM 7 rosea plena Hort. Trans. ..."

2. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1889)
"The plena potestas. Wages. The constitution of parliament established through the development of the writ process. a practice which continued down to the ..."

3. Classical Philology by University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) (1908)
"The conjecture plena, for the corrupt pena, is evidently correct, and the only portion necessary to be explained is clamore. I believe that what Tacitus ..."

4. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... others more wary to some few, at such and such seasons, as Augusta Livia, non nisi plena navi ..."

5. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"... from China in 1794; as attaining the height of 2 ft., and flowering from April to June ; and as having red flowers. * PM 7 rosea plena Hort. Trans. ..."

6. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1889)
"The plena potestas. Wages. The constitution of parliament established through the development of the writ process. a practice which continued down to the ..."

7. Classical Philology by University of Chicago press, JSTOR (Organization) (1908)
"The conjecture plena, for the corrupt pena, is evidently correct, and the only portion necessary to be explained is clamore. I believe that what Tacitus ..."

8. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... others more wary to some few, at such and such seasons, as Augusta Livia, non nisi plena navi ..."

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