polyanthus
noun
a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
polyanthuses
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pluralof polyanthus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Before the cottage was a little garden surrounded by a sturdy railing and a thick-set, close-clipped holly-hedge, within the shelter of which whole beds of crocuses and daisies and polyanthuses bloomed gaily.
From The Carroll Girls by Mabel Quiller-Couch
Scrolls, ciphers, dragons, Cupids, polyanthuses, and other flowers writhe up the walls in every kind of cornucopiosity.
From The Book of Snobs by William Makepeace Thackeray
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 Thomas Hardy
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 Rudolf Erich Raspe
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
