Definition of Flowering

1. Adjective. Having a flower or bloom. "A flowering plant"

Antonyms: Flowerless

2. Noun. The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms.

3. Noun. A developmental process. "The flowering of antebellum culture"
Exact synonyms: Unfolding
Generic synonyms: Development, Evolution
Derivative terms: Unfold

Definition of Flowering

1. a. Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc.

2. n. The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification.

Definition of Flowering

1. Verb. (present participle of flower) ¹

2. Noun. The action of the verb to flower. ¹

3. Noun. Blooming ¹

4. Adjective. (''used only before the noun'') Of a plant, that produces flowers. ¹

5. Adjective. Having flowers that are opening. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flowering

1. flower [v] - See also: flower

Medical Definition of Flowering

1. 1. The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification. 2. The act of adorning with flowers. Having conspicuous flowers; used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc. Flowering fern, a genus of showy ferns (Osmunda), with conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet places. Flowering plants, plants which have stamens and pistils, and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; distinguished from flowerless plants. Flowering rush, a European rushlike plant (Butomus umbellatus), with an umbel of rosy blossoms. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flowering

flowerers
floweret
flowerets
flowerette
flowerettes
flowerflies
flowerfly
flowerful
flowerhead
flowerheads
flowerier
floweriest
flowerily
floweriness
flowerinesses
flowering
flowering almond
flowering ash
flowering cherry
flowering crab
flowering fern
flowering glume
flowering hazel
flowering onion
flowering plants
flowering quince
flowering raspberry
flowering shrub
flowering spurge

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