remontant

[ ri-mon-tuhnt ]

adjective

1. (of certain roses) blooming more than once in a season.

noun

1. a remontant rose.

remontant

/ rɪˈmɒntənt /

adjective

1. (esp of cultivated roses) flowering more than once in a single season

noun

1. a rose having such a growth

Word History and Origins

Origin of remontant¹

1880–85; < French, present participle of remonter to remount

Word History and Origins

Origin of remontant¹

C19: from French: coming up again, from remonter ; see remount

Example Sentences

C'est arriv�s en cet endroit, au moment de tourner � droite et de gagner, en remontant le Vicus-Virbius, le Cispius, o� habitait son p�re, que les chevaux s'arr�t�rent; que Tullie, pouss�e par l'impatience fi�vreuse de l'ambition, et n'ayant plus que quelques pas � faire pour arriver au terme, avertie par le cocher que le cadavre de son p�re �tait l� gisant, s'�cria: 'Eh bien, pousse le char en avant.'

From Project Gutenberg

People who own fine gardens are nowadays unwilling to plant the old "Summer Roses" which bloom cheerfully in their own Rose-month and then have no more blossoming till the next year; they want a Remontant Rose, which will bloom a second time in the autumn, or a Perpetual Rose, which will give flowers from June till cut off by the frost.

From Project Gutenberg

Remontant, rē-mon′tant, adj. blooming a second time.—n. a flower which blooms twice in a season.

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Remontant—applied to roses that flower the second time in a summer.

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If the remontant types are interspersed throughout your garden you need never, between May and October, look for a rose in vain.

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