"grandiflora" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grandifloras [plural]
Etymology: From translingual Grandiflora, from New Latin grandiflōra, the feminine form, following the feminine gender of rosa (“rose”), of grandiflōrus (“having large flowers”), from grandis (“large”) + flōs (“flower”, stem flōr-) + -us (suffix forming adjectives; feminine -a). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mul|-}} translingual, {{der|en|NL.|grandiflōra}} New Latin grandiflōra, {{m|la|rosa||rose}} rosa (“rose”), {{m|la|grandiflōrus||having large flowers}} grandiflōrus (“having large flowers”), {{compound|la|grandis|flōs|nocat=1|pos2=stem flōr-|t1=large|t2=flower}} grandis (“large”) + flōs (“flower”, stem flōr-), {{m|la|-a}} -a, {{suffix|la||us|nocat=1|pos2=suffix forming adjectives; feminine <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">-a</i>}} + -us (suffix forming adjectives; feminine -a) Head templates: {{en-noun}} grandiflora (plural grandifloras)
  1. 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. Categories (lifeform): Roses
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