FLOWERING
flowering
(adjective) having a flower or bloom; “a flowering plant”
blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence
(noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
unfolding, flowering
(noun) a developmental process; “the flowering of antebellum culture”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
flowering (plural flowerings)
The action of the verb to flower.
(horticulture) The period of time during which a plant is in flower.
(figurative) The period of time during which someone or something is at its peak.
Synonym: floruit
Adjective
flowering (not comparable)
(used only before the noun) Of a plant, that produces flowers.
aflower, in bloom
Verb
flowering
present participle of flower
Anagrams
• Wolfinger, reflowing
Source: Wiktionary
Flow"er*ing, a. (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
Flow"er*ing, n.
1. The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom;
florification.
2. The act of adorning with flowers.
FLOWER
Flow"er, n. Etym: [OE. flour, OF. flour, flur, flor, F. fleur, fr. L.
flos, floris. Cf. Blossom, Effloresce, Floret, Florid, Florin, Flour,
Flourish.]
1. In the popular sense, the bloom or blossom of a plant; the showy
portion, usually of a different color, shape, and texture from the
foliage.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: That part of a plant destined to produce seed, and hence
including one or both of the sexual organs; an organ or combination
of the organs of reproduction, whether inclosed by a circle of foliar
parts or not. A complete flower consists of two essential parts, the
stamens and the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla and
callyx. In mosses the flowers consist of a few special leaves
surrounding or subtending organs called archegonia. See Blossom, and
Corolla.
Note: If we examine a common flower, such for instance as a geranium,
we shall find that it consists of: First, an outer envelope or calyx,
sometimes tubular, sometimes consisting of separate leaves called
sepals; secondly, an inner envelope or corolla, which is generally
more or less colored, and which, like the calyx, is sometimes
tubular, sometimes composed of separate leaves called petals;
thirdly, one or more stamens, consisting of a stalk or filament and a
head or anther, in which the pollen is produced; and fourthly, a
pistil, which is situated in the center of the flower, and consists
generally of three principal parts; one or more compartments at the
base, each containing one or more seeds; the stalk or style; and the
stigma, which in many familiar instances forms a small head, at the
top of the style or ovary, and to which the pollen must find its way
in order to fertilize the flower. Sir J. Lubbock.
3. The fairest, freshest, and choicest part of anything; as, the
flower of an army, or of a family; the state or time of freshness and
bloom; as, the flower of life, that is, youth.
The choice and flower of all things profitable the Psalms do more
briefly contain. Hooker.
The flower of the chivalry of all Spain. Southey.
A simple maiden in her flower Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
Tennyson.
4. Grain pulverized; meal; flour. [Obs.]
The flowers of grains, mixed with water, will make a sort of glue.
Arbuthnot.
5. pl. (Old. Chem.)
Definition: A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed
from sublimation; as, the flowers of sulphur.
6. A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
7. pl. (Print.)
Definition: Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards,
etc. W. Savage.
8. pl.
Definition: Menstrual discharges. Lev. xv. 24. Animal flower (Zoöl.) See
under Animal.
– Cut flowers, flowers cut from the stalk, as for making a bouquet.
– Flower bed, a plat in a garden for the cultivation of flowers.
– Flower beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle which feeds upon flowers, esp.
any one of numerous small species of the genus Meligethes, family
Nitidulidæ, some of which are injurious to crops.
– Flower bird (Zoöl.), an Australian bird of the genus Anthornis,
allied to the honey eaters.
– Flower bud, an unopened flower.
– Flower clock, an assemblage of flowers which open and close at
different hours of the day, thus indicating the time.
– Flower head (Bot.), a compound flower in which all the florets
are sessile on their receptacle, as in the case of the daisy.
– Flower pecker (Zoöl.), one of a family (Dicæidæ) of small Indian
and Australian birds. They resemble humming birds in habits.
– Flower piece. (a) A table ornament made of cut flowers. (b) (Fine
Arts) A picture of flowers.
– Flower stalk (Bot.), the peduncle of a plant, or the stem that
supports the flower or fructification.
Flow"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flowered; p. pr. & vb. n. Flowering.]
Etym: [From the noun. Cf. Flourish.]
1. To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to produce
flowers; as, this plant flowers in June.
2. To come into the finest or fairest condition.
Their lusty and flowering age. Robynson (More's Utopia).
When flowered my youthful spring. Spenser.
3. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
That beer did flower a little. Bacon.
4. To come off as flowers by sublimation. [Obs.]
Observations which have flowered off. Milton.
Flow"er, v. t.
Definition: To embellish with flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers; as,
flowered silk.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition