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polyanthus


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Polyanthus  \Pol`y*an"thus\,  n.;  pl  {Polyanthuses}.  [NL.,  fr 
  Gr  ?  rich  in  flowers;  poly`s  many  +  ?  flower.]  [Written  also 
  {polyanthos}.]  (Bot.) 
  a  The  oxlip.  So  called  because  the  peduncle  bears  a 
  many-flowered  umbel.  See  {Oxlip}. 
  b  A  bulbous  flowering  plant  of  the  genus  {Narcissus}  ({N. 
  Tazetta},  or  {N.  polyanthus}  of  some  authors).  See 
  Illust.  of  {Narcissus}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  polyanthus 
  n  :  florists'  primroses;  considered  a  complex  hybrid  derived 
  from  oxlip,  cowslip,  and  common  primrose  [syn:  {Primula 
  polyantha}] 




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