polyanthus
See also: polyanthous
Contents
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
polyanthus (plural polyanthuses or polyanthi)
- (botany) The oxlip, Primula elatior, so called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel.
- A bulbous flowering plant of the genus Narcissus.
References[edit]
- polyanthus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for polyanthus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
polyanthus (feminine polyantha, neuter polyanthum); first/second declension
Inflection[edit]
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
nominative | polyanthus | polyantha | polyanthum | polyanthī | polyanthae | polyantha | |
genitive | polyanthī | polyanthae | polyanthī | polyanthōrum | polyanthārum | polyanthōrum | |
dative | polyanthō | polyanthō | polyanthīs | ||||
accusative | polyanthum | polyantham | polyanthum | polyanthōs | polyanthās | polyantha | |
ablative | polyanthō | polyanthā | polyanthō | polyanthīs | |||
vocative | polyanthe | polyantha | polyanthum | polyanthī | polyanthae | polyantha |