Polyanthus is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for POLYANTHUS in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the oxlip, so called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel
• a herbaceous flowering plant which is a complex hybrid between the wild primrose and primulas, cultivated in Europe since the 17th century.
• The oxlip. So called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. See Oxlip. (b) A bulbous flowering plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Tazetta, or N. polyanthus of some authors). See Illust. of Narcissus.
• florists\' primroses; considered a complex hybrid derived from oxlip, cowslip, and common primrose
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• any of various hybrid primroses

Words related to POLYANTHUS

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Words that contain POLYANTHUS

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How to use POLYANTHUS in a sentence

• The Polyanthus is a species of primrose, grows best in a rather shady position in a loam and peat compost, and produces its flowers in May.
• It is not a Lily, but a Narcissus of the Polyanthus type, and, like others of the same class, the bulbs may be successfully grown in soil or in water.
• Many sowings of good seed have been thrown away because it was not known that the Polyanthus partakes of the slow and irregular characteristics of this class of plants.
• I saw the beds fringed with purple polyanthus, and the daffodils in the dewy grass.
• The third species is the parent of the celebrated Polyanthus.

Similar words containing POLYANTHU without suffix s

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