# polyanthus

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A type of primula, apparently originally from a hybrid between the cowslip and the primrose, having many different-coloured flowers.

## Etymology
From Renaissance Latin polyanthus, corresponding to poly- + Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

## Source
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