REMONTANT

Etymology

Adjective

remontant (not comparable)

(botany, especially of cultivated roses) That flowers more than once in each season.

Noun

remontant (plural remontants)

(botany) A plant that flowers more than once in each season.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Re*mon"tant (-tant), a.Etym: [F.] (Hort.)

Definition: Rising again; -- applied to a class of roses which bloom more than once in a season; the hybrid perpetual roses, of which the Jacqueminot is a well-known example.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

14 May 2025

TERNARY

(adjective) having three units or components or elements; “a ternary operation”; “a treble row of red beads”; “overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”; “triple time has three beats per measure”; “triplex windows”


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