hybrid tea
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hybrid tea
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Only about 2,000 of the hybrid tea rose bushes, dubbed Barbra’s Baby, are available so far.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025
Garden staff, volunteers and local experts demonstrate how to prune hybrid tea, floribunda, miniature roses and climbers in an informal setting outdoors in the rose garden.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2022
This practically disease-free hybrid tea features 4-inch, fully double blossoms of pastel pink with warm apricot highlights and a strong fruity bouquet.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2017
One rose variety that will soon be shown the wrought-iron gate is a hybrid tea rose named “About Face.”
From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2012
A polyantha or cluster rose of vigorous growth and glistening foliage, quite as hardy as the hybrid tea.
From The Garden, You, and I by Wright, Mabel Osgood
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