floribunda

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

noun

1. any of a class of roses characterized by a long blooming period and the production of large flowers often in thick clusters.

floribunda

/ ˌflɔːrɪˈbʌndə /

noun

1. any of several varieties of cultivated hybrid roses whose flowers grow in large sprays

Word History and Origins

Origin of floribunda¹

1895–1900; < New Latin, noun use of feminine of flōribundus flowering freely, equivalent to flōri- flori- + -bundus adj. suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of floribunda¹

C19: from New Latin, feminine of flōribundus flowering freely

Example Sentences

Andromeda floribunda still holds its persistent bloom that has endured for nearly two months.

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Floribunda has no such freaks, but smiles in the storm, as well as the sunshine.

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The floribunda varieties belong to this class of perpetuals.

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African or Arabian olibanum is produced by Boswellia floribunda.

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Nuytsia386 floribunda, also a native of New Holland, a very curious plant, is also included in this order.

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