hybrid tea
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A cross between a hybrid perpetual and a tea rose.
Example Sentences
- "Of all white hybrid teas, Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria is the best known."
- "During the last few years he has introduced such hybrid teas as the apricot-coloured Fairy Dancers, Gay Gordons, red and yellow, and Northern Lights, creamy yellow with tinges of pink."
- "Many countries still refuse to recognize “grandiflora” as a legitimate name, largely on the ground that it seems to imply that the individual blooms are unusually large, whereas most grandifloras have somewhat smaller blooms than the larger hybrid teas."
- "✓ Climbing sports: These climbers — generally named after their original variety, such as ‘Climbing Queen Elizabeth’ from the famous, pink grandiflora — result from unusually vigorous canes that grow from popular hybrid teas, grandifloras, shrubs, and floribundas."
- "There has been a hug swing away from the sort of roses my grandparents loved, fancy Hybrid Teas and Florinbundas^([sic]) with names like 'Tallyho' and 'Gay Gordons'."