Category:Polyanthus

Pol`y*an"thus, n.; pl. Polyanthuses. Etym: [nl., fr. Gr. [written Also polyanthos.] (bot.) (a) 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.