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multiflora

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[muhl-tuh-flawr-uh, -flohr-uh] / ˌmʌl təˈflɔr ə, -ˈfloʊr ə /

noun

  1. any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by many single, relatively small flowers, as certain kinds of petunias or roses.


Etymology

Origin of multiflora

1820–30; < New Latin, a typical specific epithet of flowering plants; see multiflora rose

Example Sentences

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Happy memories included working alongside his sister to bushwhack out planting spaces from the dark thicket of invasive autumn olive, multiflora rose and Oriental bittersweet, connecting those spaces with narrow tunnels hacked from the underbrush.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2022

Instead, we see a plague of English ivy, winter creeper, vinca, honeysuckle vine, lesser celandine and multiflora rose.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2022

Several already are widespread throughout the state, such as burning bush, glossy buckthorn, multiflora rose, and Japanese barberry.

From Washington Times • Mar. 20, 2017

“If we had left all the autumn olive and bittersweet and multiflora rose, there would not be enough to feed these guys.”

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2014

E. multiflora is not found in Britain, but is a native of the country to the north of the Mediterranean Sea from France to Greece.

From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Cook, Ernest Thomas

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