thrum-eyed

British  

adjective

1. (of flowers, esp primulas) having the stigma on a short style below the anthers, which lie in the mouth of the corolla on big stamens Compare pin-eyed

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Etymology

Origin of thrum-eyed

C19: from _thrum ², because of the ring of anthers visible at the neck of the corolla

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Example Sentences

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thrum-eyed

Like the common primrose, the primula exhibits both pin-eyed and thrum-eyed varieties.

From Mendelism Third Edition by Reginald Crundall Punnett

They have been long known to children and gardeners, who call them thrum-eyed and pin-eyed.

From The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In by Sir John Lubbock

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