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hybrid tea rose

noun

Definition of hybrid tea rose

: any of numerous moderately hardy cultivated hybrid roses grown especially for their strongly recurrent bloom of large usually scentless flowers

— called also hybrid tea

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 In 1986, there were 228 domestic growers producing just one type of rose — the hybrid tea rose — for mass consumption. — Damian Paletta, The Seattle Times, "Thank Colombia for the roses you get or give on Valentine’s Day," 11 Feb. 2018

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First Known Use of hybrid tea rose

1888, in the meaning defined above

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