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hybrid tea

hybrid tea noun: a cross between a hybrid perpetual and a tea rose.

hybrid tea: a cross between a hybrid perpetual and a tea rose
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Noun

hybrid tea (plural hybrid teas)

  1. A cross between a hybrid perpetual and a tea rose.
    • Of all white hybrid teas, Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria is the best known.1950, James Alexander Gamble, “Two Remarkable White Roses”, in Roses Unlimited, [Harrisburg, Pa.]: […] [T]he author, page 18
    • During the last few years he has introduced such hybrid teas as the apricot-coloured Fairy Dancers, Gay Gordons, red and yellow, and Northern Lights, creamy yellow with tinges of pink.1974, Amateur Gardening - Volume 91, page 45
    Synonyms:
    hybrid tea rose

Synonyms of hybrid tea

Forms of hybrid tea

pluralhybrid teas

Questions about hybrid tea

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

Words near hybrid tea in the dictionary

  1. hybrid rockets
  2. hybrid saw
  3. hybrid saws
  4. hybrid sleep
  5. hybrid speciation
  6. hybrid tea
  7. hybrid tea rose
  8. hybrid tea roses
  9. hybrid teaching
  10. hybrid teas
  11. hybrid vehicle

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