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remontant

[ ri-mon-tuhnt ]

adjective

  1. (of certain roses) blooming more than once in a season.


noun

  1. a remontant rose.

remontant

/ rɪˈmɒntənt /

adjective

  1. (esp of cultivated roses) flowering more than once in a single season


noun

  1. a rose having such a growth

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Word History and Origins

Origin of remontant1

1880–85; < French, present participle of remonter to remount

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Word History and Origins

Origin of remontant1

C19: from French: coming up again, from remonter ; see remount

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Example Sentences

Were it Remontant, it would possess all the requisites of a perfect white rose.

They are probably hybrids, as they remontant, while the original species blooms but once.

If the remontant types are interspersed throughout your garden you need never, between May and October, look for a rose in vain.

En en remontant le cours, dans votre Journal, j'ai découvert les causes de certains effets demeuré, pour moi des énigmes.

I'll make your talent blossom again in your autumn days, like a remontant rose.

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