Sentence example with the word 'polyanthus'

polyanthus

Definition n. florists' primroses

Last update: July 31, 2015


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The polyanthus or bunch narcissi form another well-marked group, whose peculiarity of producing many flowers on the stem is indicated by the name.   [Please select]

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Wooler informs me that this peculiarity is transmitted; for he crossed a common polyanthus with one having a coloured calyx (10/172.)   [Please select]

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He professed to disbelieve in the time-honoured prescription, "Plant a primrose upside down, and it will come up a polyanthus," and refused to help me to make the experiment.   [Please select]

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Wooler informs me that this peculiarity is transmitted; for he crossed a common polyanthus with one having a coloured calyx,[786] and some of the seedlings inherited the coloured calyx during at least six generations.   [Please select]

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