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(adjective) producing or having flowers; "a flowering branch"; "flowering plants" |
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Antonyms: flowerless |
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(noun) the process of budding and unfolding of blossoms |
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Synonyms: anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, inflorescence |
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Related Words: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny |
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(noun) a developmental process; "the flowering of ante-bellum culture" |
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Synonyms: unfolding |
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Related Words: development, evolution |
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(satellite adjective) bursting into flower; "flowering spring trees" |
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Synonyms: abloom, efflorescent |
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