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

Too thick a layer of oak or Magnolia grandiflora leaves, both slow to break down, can smother small herbaceous plants.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 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

Ironically, the discovery of Lebbiea grandiflora actually came about as the result of one of the dams that could destroy it.

From Scientific American • Dec. 14, 2018

A. delioidea is of a deep lilac-blue; A. Campbelliae is more compact and rather darker, approaching to purple; A. grandiflora and graeca are rather larger, but of a lighter hue.

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