SINCE 1828
grandiflora
noun
gran·di·flo·ra
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Definition of grandiflora
: a usually tall rose shrub derived from crosses of floribunda and hybrid tea roses and characterized by production of blooms both singly and in clusters on the same plant
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Those key notes are blended with black pepper, lemon sfuma, magnolia grandiflora, jasmine absolute, olibanum essential oil, and Ambrox Super. — Marci Robin, Allure, "Lupita Nyong'o and Saoirse Ronan Are the Faces of Calvin Klein's New Fragrance, Women," 16 July 2018 Here is the basic procedure for pruning hybrid tea and grandiflora roses: Remove all diseased or dead canes by cutting them back to their point of origin. — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, "How to properly prune roses," 27 Jan. 2018 The three main species are grandiflora, stellultaum and rubrum. — Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, "Blundering Gardener: How do her epimediums grow? Not from seed, but they’re gorgeous anyway," 20 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'grandiflora.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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