multiflora

multiflora
/mul'teuh flawr"euh, -flohr"euh/, n.
any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by many single, relatively small flowers, as certain kinds of petunias or roses.
[1820-30; < NL, a typical specific epithet of flowering plants; see MULTIFLORA ROSE]

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