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polyanthus

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pol·y·an·thus  (pl-nths)
n. pl. pol·y·an·thus·es
Any of a group of hybrid garden primroses having clusters of variously colored flowers.
[New Latin, from Greek poluanthos, having many flowers : polu-, poly- + anthos, flower.]
polyanthus
Noun
pl -thuses a hybrid garden primrose with brightly coloured flowers [Greek: having many flowers]
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Noun1.polyanthuspolyanthus - florists' primroses; considered a complex hybrid derived from oxlip, cowslip, and common primrose
Primula polyantha
primrose, primula - any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads


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After I had observed every flower, and listened to a disquisition on every plant, I was permitted to depart; but first, with great pomp, he plucked a polyanthus and presented it to me, as one conferring a prodigious favour.
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