flowering

/ˈflaʊərɪŋ/

/ˈflaʊərɪŋ/

Other forms: flowerings

Definitions of flowering

1. noun

   the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
   synonyms: anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, inflorescence

   type of:

   development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny

   (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
2. noun

   a developmental process
   “the flowering of antebellum culture”

   synonyms: unfolding

   type of:

   development, evolution

   a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
3. adjective

   having a flower or bloom
   “a flowering plant”

   antonyms:

   flowerless

   without flower or bloom and not producing seeds

   spore-bearing

   bearing spores instead of producing seeds