grandiflora

Noun

A rose of the Grandiflora class of roses created in the middle of the 20th century as backcrosses of hybrid teas and floribundas that fit neither category.

Origin / Etymology

From translingual Grandiflora, from New Latin grandiflōra, the feminine form, following the feminine gender of rosa (“rose”), of grandiflōrus (“having large flowers”), from grandis (“large”) + flōs (“flower”, stem flōr-) + -us (suffix forming adjectives; feminine -a).

Scrabble Score: 16

grandiflora: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
grandiflora: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
grandiflora: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

grandiflora: valid Words With Friends Word