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

1820–30; multiflora<New Latin, feminine of Medieval Latin multiflōrusmultiflorous
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British Dictionary definitions for multiflora rose

multiflora rose
/ (ˌmʌltɪˈflɔːrə) /

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