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multiflora rose

American  

noun

  1. a climbing or trailing rose, Rosa multiflora, of Japan and Korea, having hooked prickles and fragrant, dense clusters of flowers.

multiflora rose British  
/ ˌmʌltɪˈflɔːrə /

noun

  1. an Asian climbing shrubby rose, Rosa multiflora, having clusters of small fragrant flowers: the source of many cultivated roses

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Etymology

Origin of multiflora rose

1820–30; multiflora < New Latin, feminine of Medieval Latin multiflōrus multiflorous

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