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Definition of Multiflora rose
1. Noun. Vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock.
Generic synonyms: Rose, Rosebush
Lexicographical Neighbors of Multiflora Rose
Literary usage of Multiflora rose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Roses: Comprising the Most Complete History of the Rose, Including by William Robert Prince (1846)
"At present they are in full bloom, showing probably not less than ten thousand
roses in this small space." . r THF multiflora rose. ..."
2. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1844)
"Another variety of our wild multiflora rose was found in the Scioto Valley, near
Chillicothe, by Mrs. Gov. ..."
3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1862)
"Tho lovely multiflora rose, with large clusters of rosy colored but small double
flowers, is likewise of this section. ..."