polyanthus
Americannoun
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a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
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Also called polyanthus narcissus. a narcissus, Narcissus tazetta, having small white or yellow flowers.
noun
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any of several hybrid garden primroses, esp Primula polyantha, which has brightly coloured flowers
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a Eurasian amaryllidaceous plant, Narcissus tazetta, having clusters of small yellow or white fragrant flowers
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Etymology
Origin of polyanthus
1620–30; < New Latin < Greek polýanthos having many flowers. See poly-, -anthous
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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 Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty
May not this process be the first step towards the formation of our garden polyanthus? if that be not, as is generally supposed, a variety of the primrose, rather than of the cowslip.—Gard.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 343, November 29, 1828 by Various
And the little bushes of polyanthus gemmed the dark earth between with their varied hues.
From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by MacDonald, George
The flowerborders grew resplendent with polyanthus, crocus yellow, purple, and white, with early daffodils, and the heaven blue of scilla sibirica.
From The Far Horizon by Malet, Lucas
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 Cowherd, Thomas
Sneyd asked if there was nothing for him? so I very generously gave him the polyanthuses and planted them with my own hands at the corners of his garden pincushions.
From The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 by Hare, Augustus J. C.
She went nimbly round and round the beds of anemones, tulips, jonquils, polyanthuses, and other old-fashioned flowers, looking a very charming figure in her half-mourning bonnet, and with an incomplete nosegay in her left hand.
From Wessex Tales by Hardy, Thomas
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 spring the banks should be set thick with violets, primroses, and the lovely bronze, crimson, and purple polyanthuses.
From The Naturalist on the Thames by Cornish, C. J. (Charles John)
Ah," said she, as I presented it to her, "there is no great variety in these polyanthuses.
From The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Raspe, Rudolf Erich
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