multiflora rose

noun

1. a climbing or trailing rose, Rosa multiflora, of Japan and Korea, having hooked prickles and fragrant, dense clusters of flowers.

multiflora rose

/ ˌmʌltɪˈflɔːrə /

noun

1. an Asian climbing shrubby rose, Rosa multiflora, having clusters of small fragrant flowers: the source of many cultivated roses

Word History and Origins

Origin of multiflora rose¹

1820–30; multiflora < New Latin, feminine of Medieval Latin multiflōrus multiflorous