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flowering - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'flowering' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Flowering [ a.]
- Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc.
2 . Flowering [ n.]
- The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification.
- The act of adorning with flowers.
3 . Flowering [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Flower

Meaning of 'flowering' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . flowering [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a developmental process
Example in sentence:
  • the flowering of antebellum culture
2 . flowering [ a]
Meaning (2):
- having a flower or bloom
Example in sentence:
  • a flowering plant