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Polyanthus

noun
(pl. polyanthuses)  (Written also polyanthos)
1.
Florists' primroses; considered a complex hybrid derived from oxlip, cowslip, and common primrose.  Synonym: Primula polyantha.





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... of the wild cowslip in the garden, a number of varieties will be produced, some of which have flowers of a beautiful bright red colour. May not this process be the first step towards the formation of our garden polyanthus? if that be not, as is generally supposed, a variety of the primrose, rather than of ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 12, - Issue 343, November 29, 1828 • Various


Words linked to "Polyanthus" :   primrose, primula


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