remontant
9.9
A plant that blooms more than once in the same season
- noun
- Specialized
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remontante
- My garden has several remontant roses that bloom throughout the summer.
Examples
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Choosing remontant varieties allows for a longer display of blooms in the garden.
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The remontant plants continue to surprise me with new flowers even in October.
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Un petit remontant, monsieur A. ?
Synonyms
6.7
A plant that produces fruit or flowers several times from spring to fall
is for plants that flower more than once but not necessarily continuously
How Often
Surface Forms
remontant singular
remontants plural
Etymology
Remontant comes from French parts re- 'again' and mont, like the English word mount, meaning 'to go up'. A remontant plant is one that 'comes up' with fresh flowers again, so it produces blooms more than once in the growing season.