Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hybrid perpetual

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables: hy-brid per-pet-u-al
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cross between a damask rose and a hybrid China rose.

Example Sentences

"For the average florist a dozen selected varieties of the hybrid perpetuals and half as many climbers are really necessary."
"Hill, Montgomery and others here in America, and Verschuren, Kordes, Tantau and others in Europe were at the time seeking a fine repeat-blooming red greenhouse variety to take the place of the hybrid perpetuals American Beauty and General Jacqueminot, which were then being brought into bloom for the Christmas trade."
"Some of these roses and other exotic spp. are the parents of our cultivated roses—tea roses, hybrid perpetuals, climbers, ramblers etc.—over 5000 vars. having been named."

Inflected Forms

hybrid perpetuals (plural)

Phrases

hybrid tea

Frequently Paired Words

hybrid tea

Questions

What does hybrid perpetual mean?: A cross between a damask rose and a hybrid China rose.

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