Definitions For Grandiflora

Noun

GRANDIFLORA (plural GRANDIFLORAs) 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.

Etymology

From {{bor, en, mul, -}} Grandiflora, from {{der, en, NL., grandiflōra}}, the feminine form, following the feminine gender of rosa, , rose, of grandiflōrus, , having large flowers, from {{compound, la, grandis, t1=large, flōs, t2=flower, pos2=stem flōr-, nocat=1}} {{suffix, la, , us, , pos2=suffix forming adjectives; feminine -a, nocat=1}}.