hybrid perpetual

noun

1. a type of cultivated rose bred from varieties having vigorous growth and more or less recurrent bloom.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hybrid perpetual¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

You may be fairly sure of success in wintering well-chosen hybrid perpetual roses and the hybrid teas.

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It must not be confounded with the Hybrid Perpetual of the same name.

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It may have been the foundation of our Hybrid Perpetual Roses.

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I have succeeded well with some of the hybrid perpetual roses.

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