mul·ti·flo·ra rose

(mŭl′tə-flôr′ə)

A climbing or sprawling shrub (Rosa multiflora) native to East Asia, having clusters of small fragrant flowers. It was used as a rootstock for many horticultural varieties and is weedy in North America.

[Partial translation of New Latin Rosa multiflōra, species name : Latin rosa, rose + Late Latin multiflōra, feminine of multiflōrus, multiflorous (Latin multi-, multi- + Latin flōs, flōr-, flower; see Flora).]

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multiflora rose

(ˌmʌltɪˈflɔːrə)

(Plants) an Asian climbing shrubby rose, Rosa multiflora, having clusters of small fragrant flowers: the source of many cultivated roses

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mul′tiflo′ra rose′

a climbing or trailing rose, Rosa multiflora, having fragrant, dense clusters of flowers.

[1820–30; multiflora < New Latin, feminine of Medieval Latin multiflōrus bearing many flowers; see multi-, -florous]

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multiflora rose - vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock

baby rose, Japanese rose, multiflora, Rosa multiflora

rose, rosebush - any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

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We determined percent total understory cover (< 1 m tall) in four circular plots with a 1-m diameter positioned 1 m from the nest in each cardinal direction as the percent of ground within the circle covered by vegetation (woody and herbaceous) estimated to the nearest five percentage points; the most common species included ferns, grasses, green-briar, multiflora rose Rosa multiflora, Rubus spp., rhododendron Rhododendron spp.

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A friend once chased an errant dog through a multiflora rose hedge, intent on administering a religious experience to the dog, forgetting that he was wearing a down vest.

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