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grandiflora, a.|ˌgrændɪˈflɔərə|
[a. mod.L. grandiflora a specific epithet often used in the names of large-flowered plants, f. L. grandi-s great + flora.]
Bearing large flowers.
1901Vegetables & Flowers from Seeds (Sutton & Sons) 274 The single [Petunia] flowers are of the fine Grandiflora type. 1933Jrnl. R. Hort. Soc. LVIII. 393 Phlox Drummondii nana compacta..are similar to the well⁓known grandiflora type. 1938Harper's Mag. Nov. 668/2 We, the unholy innocents, study the bulb catalogue and order one dozen paper-white Grandiflora Narcissus. 1952V. Gollancz My Dear Timothy 279 Grandiflora geraniums. 1960Times 9 Jan. 9/1 For those who like larger flowered petunias..the ‘grandiflora’ types are excellent. 1970C. Lloyd Well-Tempered Garden iii. 273 Would a devotee of wild gladioli and of the dwarf or small-flowered hybrids ever desert them in preference for the heavy, showy spikes of the Grandiflora types? |