Polyanthus

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

    "[T]he Hens all want to sit, the Primroses Polyanthuses &c crowd the Hedges; & a Rose Tree or two are quite full of Leaves."

  2. 2
    florists' primroses; considered a complex hybrid derived from oxlip, cowslip, and common primrose wordnet

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primula polyantha

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"[T]he Hens all want to sit, the Primroses Polyanthuses &c crowd the Hedges; & a Rose Tree or two are quite full of Leaves."

Etymology

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

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