Definition of Polyanthi

1. polyanthus [n] - See also: polyanthus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyanthi

polyanetholesulfonate
polyangiitis
polyangle
polyangles
polyangular
polyaniline
polyanilines
polyanion
polyanionic
polyanions
polyanth
polyantha
polyanthas
polyanthea
polyantheas
polyanthi (current term)
polyanthous
polyanths
polyanthus
polyanthuses
polyaramid
polyaramids
polyarch
polyarchal
polyarches
polyarchic
polyarchical
polyarchism
polyarchist
polyarchists

Literary usage of Polyanthi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1902)
"I—Twelve plants of distinct varieties: Third, Mrs. John L. Gardner 2 00 HARDY polyanthi'SEM.—Twelve plants of distinct varieties : Second, Dr. CG Weld 4 00 ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1887)
"In this strip grew tulips, narcissi, polyanthi, and velvety, brown, yellow-eyed auriculas. The soil suited bulbs, as does that of Holland. ..."

3. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1870)
"On 23rd May the stigmas appearing in condition, I crossed them principally with P. polyanthi. Having shortly thereafter to go to Perthshire, ..."

4. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1851)
"Again, there are those whose stems do not die annually as G. discolor, G. polyanthi, &c. these should be well pruned down when the blooms fade, ..."

5. The Cruise of the "Falcon": A Voyage to South America in a 30-ton Yacht by Edward Frederick Knight (1884)
"Here by clumps of feathery pampa grass, and over greenest pastures thickly dotted with the scarlet and purple blossoms of verbenas and polyanthi. ..."

6. Australasia and the Oceanic Region: With Some Notice of New Guinea, from by William Brackley Wildey (1876)
"... the atmosphere is perfumed from the blossoming of the thorn hedges, which line every romantic lane; and from the jonquils, polyanthi, buttercups, ..."

7. All the Days of My Life: an Autobiography: The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1913)
"... Ye should move in gilded coaches, While some gorgeous Prince approaches; Let the polyanthi then, Run as dapper liverymen! Till your dames on polished ..."

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