grandiflora

American  

[gran-duh-flawr-uh, -flohr-uh] / ˌgræn dəˈflɔr ə, -ˈfloʊr ə /

noun

1. any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by large showy flowers, as certain kinds of petunias, baby's breath, or roses.

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Etymology

Origin of grandiflora

1900–05; < New Latin, a specific epithet frequent in the names of such flowers; grand, -i-, flora

Example Sentences

Kathleen Ferguson grabbed a pair of pruning shears from a mailbox nailed to a garden bed and leaned down to cut bunches of Orlaya grandiflora on the flower-filled hillside.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2024

‘South Africa’ is a vigorous grandiflora that has wonderfully scented golden-yellow flowers with a high-centered bloom form.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2021

At least, that’s what happened to Marshallia grandiflora, a large flowering plant last collected in 1919.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2020

The have named the species Lebbiea grandiflora in the hopes that identifying it will help to stave off its extinction.

From Scientific American • Dec. 14, 2018

B. grandiflora, 1 ft., has large bluish-purple flowers; B. coccinea, 2 to 3 ft., has tubular campanulate nodding flowers of a rich crimson with green tips.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various