multiflora

[ muhl-tuh-flawr-uh, -flohr-uh ]

noun

1. any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by many single, relatively small flowers, as certain kinds of petunias or roses.

Word History and Origins

Origin of multiflora¹

1820–30; < New Latin, a typical specific epithet of flowering plants; multiflora rose

Example Sentences

He drew nearer to the balcony, laying his hand upon the multiflora rose creeper.

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But this representative of Nyssa multiflora took the only chance that offered, I presume, as the rest of us must do.

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There is also the malati china (Nyctanthes multiflora); the elegant bunga malati susun (Nyctanthes acuminata).

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Cels Multiflora is white, shaded with pink, and flowers very freely.

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Elagnus multiflora (or E. longipes) is the most ornamental in the genus with regard to its fruits.

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