floribunda

[ flawr-uh-buhn-duh, flohr- ]

noun

1. any of a class of roses characterized by a long blooming period and the production of large flowers often in thick clusters.

floribunda

/ ˌflɔːrɪˈbʌndə /

noun

1. any of several varieties of cultivated hybrid roses whose flowers grow in large sprays

Word History and Origins

Origin of floribunda¹

1895–1900; < New Latin, noun use of feminine of flōribundus flowering freely, equivalent to flōri- flori- + -bundus adj. suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of floribunda¹

C19: from New Latin, feminine of flōribundus flowering freely

Example Sentences

It is described as a floribunda which produces masses of white blooms with a subtle "ballet slipper pink" centre.

From BBC

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

The Huntington Library, Art Museum & Botanical Gardens’ annual bare-root rose sale starts after a talk by rose hybridizer Tom Carruth, the E.L. and Ruth B. Shannon Curator of Rose Collections at the Huntington, who will discuss how he developed his newest floribunda rose, “Huntington’s 100th.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Rose hybridizer Tom Carruth, the E. L. and Ruth B. Shannon Curator of the Rose Collections at the Huntington, will introduce his newest floribunda, ‘Huntington’s 100th,’ developed to commemorate the institution’s upcoming centennial, which gets underway in the fall of 2019.

From Los Angeles Times

The artist Livia Cetti’s studio, located in an early 20th-century farmhouse in Riverdale, N.Y., abounds with flowers: fiery orange marigolds, pillowy pink floribunda roses, candy-striped amaryllis and vivid fuchsia-flecked orchids.

From New York Times