English Explanatory Dictionary

polyanthus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of primula, apparently originally from a hybrid between the cowslip and the primrose, having many different-coloured flowers.

Word forms

polyanthus polyanthuses polyanthi

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin polyanthus, corresponding to poly- + Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

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