polyanthus
See also: polyanthous
English
Etymology
Noun
polyanthus (plural polyanthuses or polyanthi)
- (botany) The oxlip, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., so called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel.
- A bulbous flowering plant of the genus Narcissus.
References
- “polyanthus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek [Term?].
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /po.lyˈan.tʰus/, [pɔlʲyˈän̪t̪ʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /po.liˈan.tus/, [poliˈän̪t̪us]
Adjective
polyanthus (feminine polyantha, neuter polyanthum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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 |
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