polyanthus
Americannoun
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polyanthuses
plural
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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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Sow auricula and polyanthus seeds in boxes, made of rough boards six inches deep, with holes at the bottom to run off the water.
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
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
Fill the beds with polyanthus, wallflower, forget-me-not and other early flowers.
From Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them by Violet Purton Biddle
Hyacinths, narcissus, wallflowers, polyanthus, they continued to be held up for her inspection.
From Fated to Be Free by Jean Ingelow
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
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
Plant tulip and other flower roots, slip polyanthuses, and place them in rich shady borders.
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
Those that flower newly are nigella, zinnias, polyanthuses, love-apples, mignonette, capsicums, Michaelmas daisies, auriculus, asters or stars, and China-asters.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 267, August 4, 1827 by Various
The polyanthuses are just beginning to blossom and they border all the walk up and down the garden.
From Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl by Caroline Cowles Richards
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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