hybrid tea

American  

noun

1. a type of cultivated rose originally produced chiefly by crossing the tea rose and the hybrid perpetual.

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Etymology

Origin of hybrid tea

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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

Mike dearly loved cauliflowers, and babied ours as a flower gardener babies his hybrid tea roses.

From The Idyl of Twin Fires by Eaton, Walter Prichard