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

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

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

The polyanthus narcissi, carrying their many flowers in heads at the top of the stalk, are what is termed half hardy and they are more frequently seen in florists' windows than in gardens.

From The Garden, You, and I by Mabel Osgood Wright

Sometimes the leaves are as large as a full-grown polyanthus leaf, whilst other plants, which have flowered equally well, have not produced foliage larger than that of primroses, when having their earliest flowers.

From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by John Wood

The true or English cowslip is one of the hardy border plants; also the plants commonly known as polyanthus.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey

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 Lucas Malet

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 Augustus J. C. Hare

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

The walls were hung with cloth of silver, embroidered with gold figures, over which were worked pomegranates, polyanthuses, and passion-flowers, in ruby, amethyst, and smaragd.

From Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray

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

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

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