Thesaurus: flowering

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Flower
2. a. Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc.
3. n. The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification.
4. n. The act of adorning with flowers.
5. adj. when a plant is in a state of possessing one or multiple flowers and/or blooms
6. n. the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
7. n. a developmental process
8. 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. 1. The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification. 2. The act of adorning with flowers.
9. Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with manynames of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; floweringalmond, etc. Flowering fern, a genus of showy ferns (Osmunda), withconspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet places.-- Flowering plants, plants which have stamens and pistils, andproduce true seeds; phenogamous plants; -- distinguished fromflowerless plants.-- Flowering rush, a European rushlike plant (Butomus umbellatus),with an umbel of rosy blossoms.
10. j:67/n:33 a. having a flower or bloom