different between umbel vs polyanthus

umbel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin umbella (umbrella).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -?mb?l

Noun

umbel (plural umbels)

  1. (botany) A flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster (= inflorescence) in which the individual flower stalks arise from the same point, the youngest flowers being at the centre.

Related terms

  • umbellaster
  • umbellet
  • umbellule
  • Umbelliferae
  • umbelliferous

Translations

Anagrams

  • 'umble, Blume

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polyanthus

English

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin polyanthus, corresponding to poly- +? Ancient Greek ????? (ánthos, flower).

Noun

polyanthus (plural polyanthuses or polyanthi)

  1. A type of primula, apparently originally from a hybrid between the cowslip and the primrose, having many different-coloured flowers. [from 17th c.]
    • 1793, Hester Piozzi, Thraliana, 27 February:
      [T]he Hens all want to sit, the Primroses Polyanthuses &c crowd the Hedges; & a Rose Tree or two are quite full of Leaves.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /po.ly?an.t?us/, [p?ly?än?t???s?]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /po.li?an.tus/, [p?li??n?t?us]

Adjective

polyanthus (feminine polyantha, neuter polyanthum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (New Latin) Having many flowers

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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