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grandiflora

[ gran-duh-flawr-uh, -flohr-uh ]

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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of grandiflora1

1900–05; < New Latin, a specific epithet frequent in the names of such flowers; grand, -i-, flora
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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.

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

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‘South Africa’ is a vigorous grandiflora that has wonderfully scented golden-yellow flowers with a high-centered bloom form.

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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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At least, that’s what happened to Marshallia grandiflora, a large flowering plant last collected in 1919.

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