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grandiflora

grandiflora noun: a rose of the Grandiflora class of roses created in the middle of the 20th century as backcrosses of hybrid teas and floribundas that fit neither category.

grandiflora: a rose of the Grandiflora class of roses created in the middle of the 20th century as backcrosses...
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Noun

grandiflora (plural grandifloras)

  1. A rose of the Grandiflora class of roses created in the middle of the 20th century as backcrosses of hybrid teas and floribundas that fit neither category.
    • “[…] The creation of the Grandiflora rose marks another significant milestone in horticultural progress, and opens new avenues for the use and enjoyment of roses both in the garden and in the home”.1954, Telegraph Delivery Spirit, volume 21, page 68
    • Many countries still refuse to recognize “grandiflora” as a legitimate name, largely on the ground that it seems to imply that the individual blooms are unusually large, whereas most grandifloras have somewhat smaller blooms than the larger hybrid teas.1974, Roland A. Browne, The Rose-lover’s Guide: A Practical Handbook on Rose Growing, Atheneum Press, →ISBN, page 12

Forms of grandiflora

pluralgrandifloras

Origin of grandiflora

From translingual Grandiflora, from New Latin grandiflōra, the feminine form, following the feminine gender of rosa (“rose”), of grandiflōrus (“having large flowers”), from grandis (“large”) + flōs (“flower”, stem flōr-) + -us (suffix forming adjectives; feminine -a).

Questions about grandiflora

What does grandiflora mean?
Grandiflora means a rose of the Grandiflora class of roses created in the middle of the 20th century as backcrosses of hybrid teas and floribundas that fit neither category.
What part of speech is grandiflora?
Grandiflora is a noun.
What is the plural of grandiflora?
The plural of grandiflora is grandifloras.

Words near grandiflora in the dictionary

  1. grandidierite
  2. grandidisin
  3. grandie
  4. grandies
  5. grandific
  6. grandiflora
  7. grandifloras
  8. grandiloquence
  9. grandiloquences
  10. grandiloquent
  11. grandiloquently

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