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FLORESCENCE
blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence
(noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
florescence (countable and uncountable, plural florescences)
The time, or the condition, of budding or flowering.
Source: Wiktionary
Flo*res"cence, n. Etym: [See Florescent.] (Bot.)
Definition: A bursting into flower; a blossoming. Martyn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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