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Polyanthus vs. Primrose — What's the Difference?

Polyanthus vs. Primrose — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Polyanthus and Primrose

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Polyanthus

Any of a group of hybrid garden primroses having clusters of variously colored flowers.

Primrose

Any of numerous plants of the genus Primula, having large basal leaves and clusters of variously colored flowers with a five-lobed bell-shaped or salverform corolla. Also called primula.

Polyanthus

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

Primrose

A flowering plant of the genus Primula.

Polyanthus

The oxlip. So called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. See Oxlip. (b) A bulbous flowering plant of the genus Narcissus (Narcissus Tazetta, or Narcissus polyanthus of some authors). See Illust. of Narcissus.
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Primrose

Specifically, the species Primula acaulis (syn. Primula vulgaris), also called common primrose.

Polyanthus

Florists' primroses; considered a complex hybrid derived from oxlip, cowslip, and common primrose

Primrose

A plant of the family Primulaceae.

Primrose

A plant of the genus Oenothera, better known as an evening primrose.

Primrose

A flower of a primrose plant.

Primrose

A light yellow colour.

Primrose

Of a light yellow colour.

Primrose

(intransitive) To pick primroses.
We went primrosing on Sunday and returned with a full basket.

Primrose

An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (Primula vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole, primerolles.

Primrose

Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose; - hence, flowery; gay.

Primrose

Any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads

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