pin-eyed

British  

adjective

1. (of flowers, esp primulas) having the stigma in the mouth of the corolla, on the end of a long style with the stamens lower in the tube Compare thrum-eyed

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Example Sentences

Ponk and Thelma and fuzzy Teddy, the woman-and-baby, Laura and York, and that pin-eyed gossip—and the young country fellow whose land lay next to hers.

From The Reclaimers by McCarter, Margaret Hill

They have been long known to children and gardeners, who call them thrum-eyed and pin-eyed.

From The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In by Lubbock, John, Sir

Like the common primrose, the primula exhibits both pin-eyed and thrum-eyed varieties.

From Mendelism Third Edition by Punnett, Reginald Crundall