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Polyanthus

Definition: Polyanthus

Polyanthus

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Polyanthus \Pol`y*an"thus\, noun; plural Polyanthuses. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression rich in flowers; poly`s many flower.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonym: Polyanthus

Synonym: Primula polyantha (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Polyanthus

English words defined with "polyanthus": Polyanthuses. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Polyanthus

DomainTitle

Books

  • Primroses & Polyanthus : A Guide to the Species and Hybrids (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Polyanthus

Illustrations:
Polyanthus

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Usage Frequency: Polyanthus

"Polyanthus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Polyanthus" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%1493,893

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Polyanthus

Expressions using "polyanthus": N polyanthus narcissus polyanthus. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Polyanthus

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

polyanthus

3
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Modern Translation: Polyanthus

Language Translations for "polyanthus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

вид иглика (shooting star), вид дребен нарцис. (various references)

   

Czech

  

prvosenka (Primrose). (various references)

   

German

  

primel (cowslip, primrose, Primula). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πολύανθοσ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tubarózsa. (various references)

   

Italian

  

polianto, genere di primula. (various references)

   

Manx

  

yl-vlaagh (multiflorous), sumark gharagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

olyanthuspay

   

Portuguese

  

poliandria (polyandry), narciso-romano-dobrado. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

первоцвет высокий. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

vrsta narcisa (hoopskirt). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

prímula (Primula). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

trädgårdsviva. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

çuhaçiçeği (cowslip, marsh marigold). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

первоцвіт високий. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Polyanthus

Derivations

Words beginning with "polyanthus": polyanthuses. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Polyanthus"

Words rhyming with "polyanthus" (pronounced 'Pol`y*an"thus'): Acanthus, Ailanthus, Amianthus, Canthus, strophanthus. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Polyanthus

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-h-l-n-o-p-s-t-u-y"

-2 letters: haplonts, naphtols, outplans, outplays.

-3 letters: autopsy, haplont, layouts, naphtol, outlays, outplan, outplay, outspan, payouts, phytols, phytons, plutons, pulsant, pythons, typhons, typhous, unaptly, unhasty, yaupons.

-4 letters: astony, auntly, haunts, hostly, layout, layups, lotahs, nopals, outlay, pantos, pathos, payout, phonal, phylon, phytol, phyton, plants, plashy, platys, plushy, pluton, poshly, postal, potash, poults, puntos, putons, pylons.

 Words containing the letters "a-h-l-n-o-p-s-t-u-y"
 

+2 letters: polyanthuses.

 

+3 letters: polyurethanes.

 

+5 letters: phenylbutazones, phenylthioureas, ultrasonography.

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Alternative Orthography: Polyanthus


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 6F 6C 79 61 6E 74 68 75 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01101111 01101100 01111001 01100001 01101110 01110100 01101000 01110101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#111 &#108 &#121 &#97 &#110 &#116 &#104 &#117 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 006F 006C 0079 0061 006E 0074 0068 0075 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50817891678086748785

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Polyanthus"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводбългарски, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський

Czech

slovník, definice, překladчешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitionгермански, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηгръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításунгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneиталиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtmanština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoпортугалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещениеруски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónиспански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättningшведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeтурски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова

Ukrainian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщенняукраинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationанглийски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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