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flowering
('fl/AU//@/r/I//N/ )

adjective (a)

  • having a flower or bloom(adj.all)
    Example:
    A flowering plant.
    Antonym:
    flowerless, nonflowering
    source: wordnet30
  • Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms(noun.process)
    Synonym:
    anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, inflorescence
    source: wordnet30
  • a developmental process(noun.process)
    Example:
    The flowering of antebellum culture.
    Synonym:
    unfolding
    source: wordnet30
  • The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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