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hybrid perpetual

hybrid perpetual noun: a cross between a damask rose and a hybrid China rose.

hybrid perpetual: a cross between a damask rose and a hybrid China rose
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Noun

hybrid perpetual (plural hybrid perpetuals)

  1. A cross between a damask rose and a hybrid China rose.
    • For the average florist a dozen selected varieties of the hybrid perpetuals and half as many climbers are really necessary.1899 May 27, C. B. W., “Helpful Reminders”, in The American Florist, volume XIV, number 573, Chicago, Ill.: American Florist Company, →OCLC, page 1300, column 1
    • Hill, Montgomery and others here in America, and Verschuren, Kordes, Tantau and others in Europe were at the time seeking a fine repeat-blooming red greenhouse variety to take the place of the hybrid perpetuals American Beauty and General Jacqueminot, which were then being brought into bloom for...1950, James Alexander Gamble, “Important Mother Roses”, in Roses Unlimited, [Harrisburg, Pa.]: […] [T]he author, page 27

Forms of hybrid perpetual

pluralhybrid perpetuals

Questions about hybrid perpetual

What does hybrid perpetual mean?
Hybrid perpetual means a cross between a damask rose and a hybrid China rose.
What part of speech is hybrid perpetual?
Hybrid perpetual is a noun.
What is the plural of hybrid perpetual?
The plural of hybrid perpetual is hybrid perpetuals.

Words near hybrid perpetual in the dictionary

  1. hybrid offence
  2. hybrid offences
  3. hybrid open access
  4. hybrid orbital
  5. hybrid orbitals
  6. hybrid perpetual
  7. hybrid perpetuals
  8. hybrid realities
  9. hybrid reality
  10. hybrid regime
  11. hybrid regimes

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