POLYANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polyanthus mean? 

• POLYANTHUS (noun)
  The noun POLYANTHUS has 1 sense:

1. florists' primroses; considered a complex hybrid derived from oxlip, cowslip, and common primrose

  Familiarity information: POLYANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYANTHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Florists' primroses; considered a complex hybrid derived from oxlip, cowslip, and common primrose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

polyanthus; Primula polyantha

Hypernyms ("polyanthus" is a kind of...):

primrose; primula (any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads)