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Definition of Anthesis
1. Noun. The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms.
Generic synonyms: Development, Growing, Growth, Maturation, Ontogenesis, Ontogeny
Derivative terms: Effloresce, Efflorescent, Flower
Definition of Anthesis
1. n. The period or state of full expansion in a flower.
Definition of Anthesis
1. Noun. The event of a flower opening. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anthesis
1. the full bloom of a flower [n -THESES]
Medical Definition of Anthesis
1. The time or action of a flower opening. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthesis
Literary usage of Anthesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter, Aven Nelson (1909)
"lower dead and falling away at anthesis. narrowly oblanceolate, on short,
hispid-ciliate petioles; the upper sessile, ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1886)
"Then the anthesis of the florets is with and not reversely to the growth. In a
sunflower, for instance, any one may remember that the florets near the ray ..."
3. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1886)
"++ ++ Hoods approximate to the anthers: corolla in anthesis patent or reflexed.
... Corolla reflexed in anthesis. Column under the hoods very short but ..."
4. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"While in temperate climates each month or even each week from spring to autumn
is characterized by the anthesis of particular species, in uniform tropical ..."
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