Definition of polyanthus
English to English noun - florists' primroses; considered a complex hybrid derived from oxlip, cowslip, and common primrose
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: Webster 1913
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polyanthus, polianthes, polyommatous, polymathic, polymyodous, plantage, planetic, plantago, plant tissue, plant disease, philomathic, papillomatous, plumed tussock, papilionides, palmitic
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