remontant

[ ri-mon-tuhnt ]

adjective
  1. (of certain roses) blooming more than once in a season.

noun
  1. a remontant rose.

Origin of remontant

1
1880–85; <French, present participle of remonter to remount

Words Nearby remontant

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How to use remontant in a sentence

  • Were it remontant, it would possess all the requisites of a perfect white rose.

    Parsons on the Rose | Samuel Browne Parsons
  • They are probably hybrids, as they remontant, while the original species blooms but once.

    Parsons on the Rose | Samuel Browne Parsons
  • If the remontant types are interspersed throughout your garden you need never, between May and October, look for a rose in vain.

    Making a Rose Garden | Henry H. Saylor
  • En en remontant le cours, dans votre Journal, j'ai découvert les causes de certains effets demeuré, pour moi des énigmes.

  • I'll make your talent blossom again in your autumn days, like a remontant rose.

    Creditors; Pariah | August Strindberg

British Dictionary definitions for remontant

remontant

/ (rɪˈmɒntənt) /


adjective
  1. (esp of cultivated roses) flowering more than once in a single season

noun
  1. a rose having such a growth

Origin of remontant

1
C19: from French: coming up again, from remonter; see remount

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