(especially of a polyanthus or other primula) having petal-like sepals, and so appearing to have one corolla within another.
套冠的，重叠花的（尤指西洋樱草或其他报春花，有花瓣状萼片，因此看起来就像一个花冠套着另一个）
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Flowers can range to over 4 inches in diameter, and be single, hose-in-hose, semi-double and double.
True Rosebud is double, hose-in-hose, darker color, very hardy, and a slow grower.
There are striped, flecked, or sectored color designs, as well as self-colored flowers with or without conspicuously contrasting throats or eyes; also singles, semi-doubles, and doubles, any of which may, in addition, be hose-in-hose, that is, with sepals like petals.
The flowers are exceptionally striking with many semi-double and hose-in-hose forms and frilled petals.
A few ardent collectors preserved hose-in-hose color strains by vegetative propagation, but each plant yielded only a few offspring and disease progressively weakened the old stock.