polyanthus

American  

[pol-ee-an-thuhs] / ˌpɒl iˈæn θəs /

noun

• polyanthuses
  plural

1. a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.

2. Also called polyanthus narcissus. a narcissus, Narcissus tazetta, having small white or yellow flowers.

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polyanthus British  

/ ˌpɒlɪˈænθəs /

noun

1. any of several hybrid garden primroses, esp Primula polyantha, which has brightly coloured flowers

2. a Eurasian amaryllidaceous plant, Narcissus tazetta, having clusters of small yellow or white fragrant flowers

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• polyanthuses
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of polyanthus

1620–30; < New Latin < Greek polýanthos having many flowers. See poly-, -anthous

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Example Sentences

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polyanthus polyanthuses

And the little bushes of polyanthus gemmed the dark earth between with their varied hues.

From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by George MacDonald

Daffodils peeped out their yellow faces from tufts of encumbering weeds; and stooping down, Rotha found an abundance of polyanthus scattered about among the other things, and periwinkle running wild.

From A Letter of Credit by Susan Warner

As to my private cabinet, let it be colored light blue, with a border of ranunculus and polyanthus.

From Josephine Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

Some polyanthus and foxglove,   Sea-pinks, and columbine, Sweet-scented tulips, which I love, Whose beauty has e'en power to move   A heart less fond than mine.

From The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects by Thomas Cowherd

He professed to disbelieve in the time-honoured prescription, "Plant a primrose upside down, and it will come up a polyanthus," and refused to help me to make the experiment.

From Mary's Meadow And Other Tales of Fields and Flowers by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

Put thick slices of turnip near your auriculas, favourite primroses and polyanthuses, and Christmas roses, and near anything tender and not well established, and overhaul them early in the morning.

From Mary's Meadow And Other Tales of Fields and Flowers by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

Put thick slices of turnip near your auriculas, favorite primroses and polyanthuses, and Christmas roses, and near anything tender and not well established, and overhaul them early in the morning.

From Last Words A Final Collection of Stories by Hermann Dudley Murphy

He also trifled with horticulture, dabbled in tulips, was a connoisseur in pinks, and had gained a prize for polyanthuses.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 288, Supplementary Number by Various

In the centre of these squares, plant the seedling polyanthuses, one in each square.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton

The crocuses were all asleep now, their little petals fast closed, and the daisies too, but the polyanthuses looked bravely with their beautiful eyes at the fast darkening sky.

From The Carroll Girls by Mabel Quiller-Couch

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