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grandiflora
[ gran-duh-flawr-uh, -flohr-uh ]
noun
- any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by large showy flowers, as certain kinds of petunias, baby's breath, or roses.
Word History and Origins
Origin of grandiflora1
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.
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.
Too thick a layer of oak or Magnolia grandiflora leaves, both slow to break down, can smother small herbaceous plants.
‘South Africa’ is a vigorous grandiflora that has wonderfully scented golden-yellow flowers with a high-centered bloom form.
The list includes Marshallia grandiflora, a large flowing plant from the American Southeast that was declared its own species this past year.
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