pin-eyed

adjective

(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 tubeCompare thrum-eyed

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They have been long known to children and gardeners, who call them thrum-eyed and pin-eyed.
The Beauties of Nature
Sir John Lubbock
The former occur in the so-called thrum-eyed primroses (fig. 61), the latter in the “pin-eyed.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5
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pin-eyed

Examples from the Web for pin-eyed

Historical Examples

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

The former occur in the so-called thrum-eyed primroses (fig. 61), the latter in the “pin-eyed.”