floribunda

[flawr-uh-buhn-duh, flohr-]

flo·ri·bun·da

[flawr-uh-buhn-duh, flohr-]
noun
any of a class of roses characterized by a long blooming period and the production of large flowers often in thick clusters.

Origin:
1895–1900; < Neo-Latin, noun use of feminine of flōribundus flowering freely, equivalent to flōri- flori- + -bundus adj. suffix
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floribunda (ˌflɔːrɪˈbʌndə)
 
n
any of several varieties of cultivated hybrid roses whose flowers grow in large sprays
 
[C19: from New Latin, feminine of flōribundus flowering freely]

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